A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL TIMES GUARDIAN INDEPENDENT TIME MAGAZINEThe mesmerising new novel from the twice Bookershortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming HomeAt the height of her career concert pianist Elsa M Anderson former child prodigy now in her thirties walks off the stage in Vienna midperformanceNow 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 historySo begins a journey across Europe shadowed by the elusive woman who bought the dancing horsesA dazzling portrait of melancholy and metamorphosis August Blue uncovers the ways in which we seek to lose an old story find ourselves in others and create ourselves anewA writer at the peak of her talents Lisa AppignanesiTheres no one touching the brilliance of Deborah Levys prose today Lee RourkeLevys strength is her originality of thought and expression Jeanette Winterson
