Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

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Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez: 4: 'She felt struck by a sinister omen.'

Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

4: 'She felt struck by a sinister omen.'

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August comes round again and Ana Magdalena decides to pursue her destiny on the island.

The final novel by Gabriel García Márquez. August comes round again and Ana Magdalena Bach decides once again to pursue her destiny on the island. Read by Maggie Service.

by Gabriel García Márquez

Part Four: August comes round again and Ana Magdalena Bach decides once again to pursue her destiny on the island. 


The publication of a discovered novel by Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez is an unexpected and thrilling event in international literature. His final novel, completed just before his death in 2014, was written while Márquez was suffering from dementia.

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 to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.

A beautiful, surprising, sensual novel about regret and the mysteries of love.

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Read by Maggie Service
Translated by Anne McLean 
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane

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The final novel by Gabriel García Márquez. A sensual book about risk, regret and love.

The final novel by Gabriel García Márquez. A happily married woman travels to the island where her mother is buried and embarks on an erotic adventure. Read by Maggie Service.

The publication of a discovered novel by Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez is an unexpected and thrilling event in international literature. His final novel, completed just before his death in 2014, was written while Márquez was suffering from dementia.

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 to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.

A beautiful, surprising, sensual novel about regret and the mysteries of love.

Read by Maggie Service
Translated by Anne McLean 
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane

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