August Blue

August BlueCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780241421314 Format: Paper over boards Year: 2023 Publisher: Penguin UK Description: 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

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780241421314
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2023
Publisher: Penguin UK


Description:
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.