Until August
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Title
Until August
Author
Gabriel García Márquez
Number of pages
144
Ana Magdalena Bach has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to escape the life she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels by ferry to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night, takes a new lover.
Literary Review
August 2025
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In this enjoyable Gabriel Garcia Marquez novella, Ana, a middle aged wife with a charming husband and devout daughter, confronts her desires and mortality during three annual visits to her mother’s grave. This book explores the grief of parental loss, the challenges of new self-identity, and the impact upon family, leading the reader to examine their own mortality, desires, and relationships.
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