{"product_id":"august-blue-deborah-levy","title":"August Blue (Deborah Levy)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, TIME MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Levy's lyrical, pitch-perfect prose is an exploration of our reasons for living, the forces that drive us and the inner music that controls the rhythms of our dance through life and love' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Swimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow she is in Athens, watching as another young woman, a stranger but uncannily familiar - almost her double - purchases 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins a journey across Europe, shadowed by the elusive woman who bought the dancing horses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling portrait of melancholy and metamorphosis, \u003ci\u003eAugust Blue\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the ways in which we seek to lose an old story, find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deborah Levy writes like a dream and I mean that quite literally' Stuart Kelly, \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A virtuosic novel of identity and breakdown . . . [it] flickers constantly between comedy and darkness. You know you'll read \u003ci\u003eAugust Blue\u003c\/i\u003e again' \u003ci\u003eM John Harrison, Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, May 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDeborah Levy is the author of several novels including \u003ci\u003eAugust Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHot Milk \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home, \u003c\/i\u003ealongside a formally innovative, critically acclaimed 'living autobiography' trilogy: \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know, The Cost of Living \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Real Estate. \u003c\/i\u003eShe 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65854744232285,"sku":"K096989491","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9698949100001A.jpg?v=1788837668","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/august-blue-deborah-levy","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}