{"product_id":"9780241686355-until-august","title":"Until August","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eLOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid sultry days and tropical downpours, lotharios and conmen, Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire, and the fear that sits quietly at her heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstantly surprising and wonderfully sensual, \u003ci\u003eUntil August\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, and the mysteries of love, from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eThe master of magic realism’s slim and inventive last novel is a tale of forbidden love in later life.  I read it straight through in one sitting, then got up the next day and did it again' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘No writer since Dickens was so widely read, and so deeply loved, as Gabriel García Márquez’ Salman Rushdie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the greatest visionary writers – and one of my favourites from the time I was young’ Barack Obama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Few writers can be said to have written books that have changed the whole course of literature. Gabriel García Márquez did just that’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel both sexy and disturbing. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe lasting impression of \u003ci\u003eUntil August\u003c\/i\u003e is one of deep feeling, astutely observed and beautifully conveyed' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Until August\u003c\/i\u003e is an enjoyably zingy if improbable tale of erotic thrill-seeking tinged with bittersweet disappointment.’ \u003ci\u003eCollagerie\u003c\/i\u003e – Holiday Booking\u003cbr\u003e \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":41541353308257,"sku":"9780241686355","price":13.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32315658.jpg?v=1737186536","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241686355-until-august","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}