{"product_id":"august-blue-by-deborah-levy","title":"August Blue, by Deborah Levy","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHot Milk \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cem\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo begins a journey across Europe, shadowed by the elusive woman who bought the dancing horses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA dazzling portrait of melancholy and metamorphosis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAugust Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e uncovers the ways in which we seek to lose an old story, find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Deborah Levy writes like a dream and I mean that quite literally' Stuart Kelly, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-f3aea945-7fff-7c56-2fa5-e38f9d9c90db\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A virtuosic novel of identity and breakdown . . . [it] flickers constantly between comedy and darkness. You know you'll read August Blue again' M John Harrison, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45157536825602,"sku":"9780241987889","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/augustblue.jpg?v=1717147850","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/august-blue-by-deborah-levy","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}