{"product_id":"9780241421314-august-blue","title":"August Blue","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, TIME MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Swimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow she is in Athens, watching as another young woman, a stranger but uncannily familiar - almost her double - purchases a pair of mechanical dancing horses at a flea market. Elsa wants the horses too, but there are no more for sale. She drifts to the ferry port, on the run from her talent and her history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins a journey across Europe, shadowed by the elusive woman who bought the dancing horses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling portrait of melancholy and metamorphosis, \u003ci\u003eAugust Blue\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the ways in which we seek to lose an old story, find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer at the peak of her talents' Lisa Appignanesi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There's no one touching the brilliance of Deborah Levy's prose today' Lee Rourke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Levy's strength is her originality of thought and expression' Jeanette Winterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40820428570721,"sku":"9780241421314","price":16.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32357969.jpg?v=1737194091","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241421314-august-blue","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}