August Blue
by Deborah Levy· 2023
A novel of fragmented identity and the search for belonging in the world finds two women chasing their doubles across Europe.
'If she was my double and I was hers, was it true that she was knowing, I was unknowing, she was sane, I was crazy, she was wise, I was foolish? That summer, the air was electric between us as we transmitted our feelings to each other across three countries.'
Elsa M. Anderson is a classical piano virtuoso. In a flea market in Athens, she watches an enigmatic woman buy two mechanical dancing horses. Is it possible that the woman who is so enchanted with the horses is her living double? Is she also looking for reasons to live?
Chasing their doubles across Europe, the two women grapple with their preconceived conceptions of the world and each other, culminating in a final encounter in a summer rainstorm.
A portrait of a long-held identity coming apart, August Blue explores the ways in which we seek to find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.
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A novel of fragmented identity and the search for belonging in the world finds two women chasing their doubles across Europe. 'If she was my double and I was hers, was it true that she was knowing, I was unknowing, she was sane, I was crazy, she was wise, I was foolish? That summer, the air was electric between us as we transmitted our feelings to each other across three countries.' Elsa M. Anderson is a classical piano virtuoso. In a flea market in Athens, she watches an enigmatic woman buy two mechanical dancing horses. Is it possible that the woman who is so enchanted with the horses is her living double? Is she also looking for reasons to live? Chasing their doubles across Europe, the two women grapple with their preconceived conceptions of the world and each other, culminating in a final encounter in a summer rainstorm. A portrait of a long-held identity coming apart, August Blue explores the ways in which we seek to find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.