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August, October by Andrés Barba, Lisa Dillman (translation) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is August, October about?

"Andrés Barba needs no introduction. He has his own intentional world perfectly contained & a literary gift that belies his age." — Mario Vargas Llosa"A story that has been described as an explosive clash between Pavese's The Beautiful Summer & the adolescents of Gus van Sant's Elephant." — Daniel Entrialgo, Esquire"A new Spanish great, that’s all I need to say." — LireFourteen-year-old Tomás goes with his well-off family on their usual seaside summer holiday, but he is at a stage in his life when nothing is the same. Sullenly detached from them, full of confused intimations of sexuality, he is also faced with death when his widowed aunt, who lives in the resort, is taken seriously ill. As he becomes close to her on her deathbed he frequents the forbidden in the form of some lower-class village kids—casually transgressive boys & even more alien, sexually knowing girls—that will get him involved on the last day in a gang rape of a retarded girl. Though when it is his turn, Tomás only pretends to do it—enough to save face with the boys. Back in Madrid, he wrestles with guilt & confusion. He finally decides to go back secretly, alone, to find the girl & apologize for what happened, bu

Who reads August, October?

Author

Andrés Barba, Lisa Dillman (translation)

Publisher

Hispabooks Publishing

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9788494365829

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance