August
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"Traveling home to rural Patagonia, a young woman grapples with herself as she makes the journey to scatter the ashes of her friend Andrea. Twenty-one-year-old Emilia might still be living, but she's jaded by her studies and discontent with her boyfriend, and apathetic toward the idea of moving on. Despite the admiration she receives for having relocated to Buenos Aires, in reality, cosmopolitanism and a career seem like empty scams. Instead, she finds her life pathetic. Once home, Emilia stays with Andrea's parents, wearing the dead girl's clothes, sleeping in her bed, and befriending her cat. Her life put on hold, she loses herself to days wondering how if what had happened-leaving an ex, leaving Patagonia, Andrea leaving her-hadn't happened. Both a reverse coming-of-age story and a tangled homecoming tale, this frank confession to a deceased confidante. A keen portrait of a young generation stagnating in an increasingly globalized Argentina, August considers the banality of life against the sudden changes that accompany death."--
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Paula, R., & Croft, J. (. (2017). August. New York City, The Feminist Press at City University of New York.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Paula, Romina, 1979- and Jennifer (Translator), Croft. 2017. August. New York City, The Feminist Press at City University of New York.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Paula, Romina, 1979- and Jennifer (Translator), Croft, August. New York City, The Feminist Press at City University of New York, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Paula, Romina and Jennifer (Translator) Croft. August. New York City, The Feminist Press at City University of New York, 2017.
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