August is a Wicked Month

Beschreibung

Lose yourself in the legendary Edna O'Brien's simmering romantic tale of a woman rediscovering herself on the French Riviera ...<BR><BR>'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna O'Brien.' Anne Enright<BR>'Novels of heart-breaking empathy, rigorous honesty and peerless beauty.' Eimear McBride<BR>'Surprising and beautiful and courageous .. A beacon.' Megan Nolan<BR>'Glittering energy.' Colm Tóibín <BR>'Brilliant and brave.' Ann Patchett <BR><BR>Separated from her husband and young son, Ellen leaves behind the loneliness of London for a new life of excitement and sexual freedom:a 'jaunt into iniquity' on the gorgeous French Riviera.

However, she soon discovers that independence blurs into loneliness, especially when she receives some heart-breaking news ...<BR><BR>Banned in several countries on first publication, August is a Wicked Month is a shimmering, sensual tale of a woman rediscovering herself - and it feels just as glorious, radical, and escapist as today.

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