See You in August Author: [Colombia] Gabriel García Márquez Publisher: Nanhai Publishing Company

★On the tenth anniversary of García Márquez’s death, his posthumous novel was released simultaneously around the world

★Dedicated to fate, to desire, to the joy that has not been destroyed by time

★The author revised the manuscript five times in his later years, competing with memory and death, and his last work against all odds

★Synchronized Spanish first edition cover

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Every August 16th at the same time, she would repeat this journey, take the same ferry, arrive at the same island, visit the same flower stall, brave the same scorching sun, come to the same dilapidated cemetery, and place a bunch of fresh gladiolus on her mother's grave.

The lonely and free man on the island used all his strength to hold the hand of fate tightly that night, as if he was on the edge of a cliff.

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When I was writing Love in the Time of Cholera, I had an idea: Does love change as time goes by and as you get older? I started writing a series of new stories, constantly improving them. I was obviously more anxious than before, when I always said "I can finish it in the next 20 or 30 years", but now I know I may not have the next 20 or 30 years. I tried to overcome this impatience because hasty work can be seen at a glance. The fear of death kept me writing, and nothing could stop me from continuing to write. - Gabriel García Márquez

This is the most perfect ending to García Márquez’s creative career. ——Maribel Luque (Literary Director of the Carmen Group)

Let's just enjoy it, the last work from a great artist. There's no reason not to be happy. - Juan Gabriel Vázquez (contemporary Colombian writer)

I hope that García Márquez's readers will share the respect and shock that I have felt in reading this story dozens of times. My deepest gratitude goes to Gabo for his humanity, his sincerity and his kindness. Whenever someone approached him with a godly attitude, he would smile in return, a smile that belonged to mortals. - Spanish original editor

It is such a blessing and a relief to receive this gift from Gabriel García Márquez, who passed away ten years ago. His writing about women's lives and desires is so delicate and elegant, and even when there are moments of anxiety and embarrassment, there is no sense of decadence. A soft and tough force runs through it, and he has defeated death and time. ——Editor of the Chinese version