Until August

THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDESitting 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.Amid 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.Constantly surprising and wonderfully sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, and the mysteries of love, from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.

No writer since Dickens was so widely read, and so deeply loved, as Gabriel García Márquez -- Salman Rushdie
Few writers can be said to have written books that have changed the whole course of literature. Gabriel García Márquez did just that Guardian
One of the greatest visionary writers – and one of my favourites from the time I was young -- Barack Obama
The greatest Hispanic novelist since Cervantes Independent
An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny Sunday Telegraph
A novel both sexy and disturbing... The novel’s chief concern is love, or more specifically sex – a subject Marquez always accorded the diligent, amused and unashamed attention it deserves. The lasting impression of Until August is one of deep feeling, astutely observed and beautifully conveyed The Telegraph
The master of magic realism’s slim and inventive last novel is a tale of forbidden love in later life... Inventively enjoyable and working to its surprising, pleasing ending. I read it straight through in one sitting, then got up the next day and did it again The Times
All the virtues that made the best García Márquez great are also present here -- Héctor Abad
Until August is an enjoyably zingy if improbable tale of erotic thrill-seeking tinged with bittersweet disappointment Collagerie - Holiday Booking
Marquez uncovers the mysteries of love through our sultry yet introspective protagonist Ana Magdalena Bach who seeks a new lover each night. Until August is a story with desire at its core and an essential summer read Evening Standard - best summer reads for 2024

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a short-story writer, novelist, journalist and a screenwriter from Colombia. He was a reporter for a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, and also a foreign correspondent stationed in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. Marquez is the author of numerous popular novels and short stories. He is well known for his unique literary style known as magical realism, in which he describes reality through magical events and elements. His most popular novels include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.

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