{"product_id":"august-blue-9781250338853","title":"August Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003eBBC, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new novel from the Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy, the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Saw Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the height of her career, the piano virtuoso Elsa M. Anderson--former child prodigy, now in her thirties--walks off the stage in Vienna, midperformance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow she is in Athens, watching an uncannily familiar woman purchase a pair of mechanical dancing horses at a flea market. Elsa wants the horses too, but there are no more for sale. She drifts to the ferry port, on the run from her talent and her history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins her journey across Europe, shadowed by the elusive woman who seems to be her double. A dazzling portrait of melancholy and metamorphosis, Deborah Levy's \u003ci\u003eAugust Blue\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the ways in which we attempt to revise our oldest stories and make ourselves anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250338853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Deborah Levy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44033907032245,"sku":"9781250338853","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_932be000-2278-4470-a656-9fdfe6cbfeed.jpg?v=1713887349","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/august-blue-9781250338853","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}