Until August

a meditative look at freedom, passion, and the secrets we carry * iPaper *No writer since Dickens was so widely read, and so deeply loved, as Gabriel García Márquez – Salman RushdieFew 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 ObamaThe 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 AbadContains enough tenderness and beauty to recommend it to García Márquez’s many fans * Wall Street Journal *

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.