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The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home.
'If she was my double and I was hers, was it true that she was knowing, I was unknowing, she was sane, I was crazy, she was wise, I was foolish? That summer, the air was electric between us as we transmitted our feelings to each other across three countries.'
Elsa M. Anderson is a classical piano virtuoso. In a flea market in Athens, she watches an enigmatic woman buy two mechanical dancing horses. Is it possible that the woman who is so enchanted with the horses is her living double? Is she also looking for reasons to live?
Chasing their doubles across Europe, the two women grapple with their conceptions of the world and each other, culminating in a final encounter in a fateful summer rainstorm.
A vivid portrait of a long-held identity coming apart, August Blue expands our understanding of the ways in which we seek to find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.
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August Blue by Deborah Levy has received praise for its intelligent and dream-like narrative, characterised by precise yet whimsical prose. Reviewers highlight Levy's talent in capturing the eerie and the bizarre, with lush descriptions and a unique exploration of reality's fluidity. The novel is noted for its psychologically complex narrative, engaging readers with its enigmatic style and rhythmic prose comparable to a musical composition. Levy's distinct ability to evoke atmosphere and emotion through minimalistic and evocative writing has been commended, making it a notable exploration of identity and creativity.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241421314
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 May 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 144.0mm
Height: 222.0mm
Weight: 377g
Pages: 256
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Deborah Levy is the author of several novels including August Blue, Hot Milk and Swimming Home, alongside a formally innovative, critically acclaimed 'living autobiography' trilogy- Things I Don't Want to Know, The Cost of Living and Real Estate. She has been shortlisted twice each for the Goldsmiths Prize and Booker Prize and won the Prix Femina Etranger. She has also written for The Royal Shakespeare Company and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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