August blue

Deborah Levy

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'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.


Author(s): Levy, Deborah
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 16/05/2024
Pagination: 245 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Penguin Books
Published By: Penguin Books
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction|Narrative theme: Interior life|Narrative theme: Interior life|Narrative theme: Sense of place|Narrative theme: Sense of place
Dimensions: 198x129x15
Weight: 181
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241987889

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