THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDESitting alone overlooking the still and blue lagoon Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children And yet every August she travels here to the island where her mother is buried and for one night takes a new loverAmid sultry days and tropical downpours lotharios and conmen Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire and the fear that sits quietly at her heartConstantly surprising and wonderfully sensual Until August is a profound meditation on freedom regret and the mysteries of love from one of the greatest writers the world has ever knownI read it straight through in one sitting then got up the next day and did it again The TimesSunny sultry even tipsy but with a genuine sting GuardianOne of the greatest visionary writers and one of my favourites from the time I was young Barack Obama
