Until August

No writer since Dickens was so widely read, and so deeply loved, as Gabriel García Márquez

Salman Rushdie

Few writers can be said to have written books that have changed the whole course of literature. Gabriel García Márquez did just that

Guardian

One of the greatest visionary writers – and one of my favourites from the time I was young

Barack Obama

The greatest Hispanic novelist since Cervantes

Independent

An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny

Sunday Telegraph

A novel both sexy and disturbing... The novel’s chief concern is love, or more specifically sex – a subject Marquez always accorded the diligent, amused and unashamed attention it deserves. The lasting impression of Until August is one of deep feeling, astutely observed and beautifully conveyed

The Telegraph

All the virtues that made the best García Márquez great are also present here

Héctor Abad

The master of magic realism’s slim and inventive last novel is a tale of forbidden love in later life... Inventively enjoyable and working to its surprising, pleasing ending. I read it straight through in one sitting, then got up the next day and did it again

The Times

Until August is an enjoyably zingy if improbable tale of erotic thrill-seeking tinged with bittersweet disappointment

Collagerie - Holiday Booking

Marquez uncovers the mysteries of love through our sultry yet introspective protagonist Ana Magdalena Bach who seeks a new lover each night. Until August is a story with desire at its core and an essential summer read

Evening Standard - best summer reads for 2024

A heady boat trip through the jungle sets the steamy tone that imbues the tale of Ana Magdalena Bach and her August holiday adventures on an unnamed Caribbean island

National Geographic - Summer reads