Until August

Until August is the extraordinary lost novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Ana Magdalena Bach is happily married with children, content in the life she has built with her husband. Yet every August, she escapes to a remote island where her mother is buried. For one night each year, she takes a new lover—an escape into a world of sensuality and desire.

As the sultry days and tropical downpours roll by, Ana finds herself drawn deeper into her own heart’s mysteries. Surrounded by lotharios, conmen, and the passions of the island, she journeys further each year into the unknown landscapes of her desires—and the quiet fear that pulses within her.

Until August is a sensual and surprising exploration of love, freedom, and regret. A meditation on the deep, often unspoken yearnings that define the human condition. This is a masterwork from one of the world’s greatest writers—a novel that will leave you questioning the true meaning of love and longing.