August is a Wicked Month
by:
Edna O'Brien (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571330553 (057133055X)
Publish date: 1986
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Ellen, like so many other women, is dissatisfied with her life. She has left her husband, taking their son with her. When he comes to take the boy on holiday, she makes her own to the south of France, spending her days in a haze of decadance and forgetfulness. If you are looking for a book with a ...
This book is interesting. It's written almost with a dreamlike quality, where you're not sure whether what's happening is really happening, and if you doze off for one sentence, you might have missed something vital to understanding the next. It's almost like trying to read drunk, only... you know, ...
13 years ago
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