The intensity and languor of August become the circadian rhythm of twenty-six stories about erotic desire and its loss, about tenderness, guilt, and memory. From the carefree summers of childhood to the relentless reality of adulthood, and from the expectation of companionship to alienation and rupture, the characters of the book grapple with what was lost, what was left unsaid, and what can no longer be changed.
Stories that compose a unified narrative about how human relationships are built, worn down, and collapse, with the hope of a second chance simply rekindling within the greenhouses of August.
"But is there anyone who does not dream of a sea that reaches the backyard of a house, with an umbrella fixed on the heated mosaic and two people side by side, their skin tingling in the August air and their fingers entwined?"
