August

August

by Bernard Beckett
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/04/2015

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Part thriller, part love story, August is a compelling novel about will, freedom and what it means to live.


Trapped in a car wreck, upside down, bleeding and in pain, Tristan and Grace are staring at death. When dawn breaks they might be seen from the road and rescued, or not.


They wait, desperately holding onto life, unravelling the sequences of events that brought them together.


Tristan is a philosopher struggling with the question of free will. Grace's life of hardship allows no place for such ideas. But a brief encounter changes their lives, setting them on a collision course with love and death-and each other.


Bernard Beckett is the author of ten books, and has won many awards. In 2006 Bernard was awarded a fellowship for a project examining DNA mutations. This new direction in his life led to the publication of the sophisticated sci-fi novel Genesis, which has since been published in over twenty countries and was the winner of the 2010 Prix Sorcieres. August is Bernard Beckett's second novel for adults.


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'This is a fascinating exploration of what it means to have free will and to live fully in the moment.' Herald Sun


'[a] deeply philosophical, allegorical novel set in a dystopian landscape...August is an intense, intelligent novel'. Listener


'Stunning and beguiling...This is superb fiction - thoughtful, clear, well-written and engrossing...Beckett's characterisation, as ever, is sharp...August is compelling, fascinating and very thought-provoking.' Sunday Star Times

ISBN:
9781921834356
9781921834356
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-04-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Text Publishing Company
Bernard Beckett

Bernard Beckett is the author of eleven books, most of them for young adults. He has won numerous awards including the 2010 Prix Sorci res, the Esther Glen Award from the NZ Librarian's Association and the NZ Post Book Award for his novel Genesis. The Tunnel of Dreams is his first middle-grade novel. Bernard lives with his family in Wellington, New Zealand.

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