All Gabriel García Márquez fans can rejoice because his recent novel, See You in August, has been published and is available in stores today, just in time for the author’s 97th birthday. Even though this is a posthumous publication, it has been noted that Márquez was very ambivalent about this book at one point and even thought about scrapping it. But his sons Gonzalo and Rodrigo felt the need to publish it since they felt it was still worthwhile sharing with the audience.
What Is It About?
The brief description of the film, See You in August: “Every August, Ana Magdalena Bach takes the ferry to the island where her mother lies buried to pay her respects at the tomb that holds her mother’s remains. These occasions turn out to be a great temptation to change oneself into another person for the duration of one night for the whole year. See You in August is an ode to life and the power of joy over the ravages of time, and to woman’s aptitude of wanting. For all those readers of the Colombian Nobel, it is an unanticipated blessing.”
From Destruction to Publication
Reports from El País in recent days show that the author of such masterpieces as A Chronicle of a Death Foretold, One Hundred Years of Solitude wanted to the manuscript which was “useless,” in his opinion to be burnt. His admission to agent Carmen Balcells is hardly surprising „I have my concerns about this book. It is useless. This cannot be allowed to stay. We have to burn it.”
A Decision They Do Not Regret
Even us, the children of the father, against his will, thought that the novel must be published.
In an interview with Infobae in 2023, Rodrigo Garcia Barcha said, “We thought that the book had many arguments, and I really believe that the readers are going to thank the envy of the work because it is very gabo’s what I did, very much, what we miss. He used to tell Gonzalo and myself that when the time came for him not to be there anymore, we could do whatever we pleased with his work. And so we did.’’
Any Márquez puto will be well served by this release, for it will allow them to have a taste of what was a crucial part of his body of work while displaying ideas that he battled with for most part of his career.