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Francouzská Riviéra, rodinka na dovolené. Osoby a obsazení: Joe je uznávaný básník, jeho manželka Isabel pracuje jako reportérka. Plus pubertální dcera plus dva rodinní přátelé. Tuhle idylku naruší neznámá dívka, která se jednou ráno koupe nahá v jejich bazénu. Kitty je výstřední, nevypočitatelná, možná duševně narušená mladá žena… Během jednoho týdne se životy všech obrátí naruby.

The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance. Now 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 history. So begins a journey across Europe, shadowed by the elusive woman who bought the dancing horses. A 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 anew.