Legendary Columbian writer, Garcia Marquez’s new novel “Until August” is finally published after almost 10 years of his death. The posthumous novel has been released in Spanish by the name “En Agosto Nos Vemos,” today, on his birthday, that is March 6.
However, the Nobel Prize Winner wanted his final novel manuscript to be kept hidden. His sons, on Tuesday, against his last wish, announced the release update of the much-anticipated final novel, “Until August,” to honor their father, Garcia Marquez’s legacy.
Garcia Marquez’s Legacy Continues After The Release Of Final Novel, “Until August”
The Latin American “magical realism” writer, Garcia Marquez won his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 with “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Garcia Marquez, twenty-five years ago, that is in 1999, publicly read aloud the first chapter of “Until August,” but was somehow dissatisfied with the content of his book. It is about Ana Magdalena Bach, a middle-aged lady who visits her mother’s grave every August and uses the opportunity to engage in romantic rendezvous with strangers, neglecting her family life.
However, despite writing something so intriguing, according to his family, he was not happy with his work and handed over the manuscripts to his close relatives. Garcia Marquez was so unhappy that he described his final work as “a mess,” as reported by his sons, Rodrigo García, 64, television and film director, and Gonzalo García, 60, a graphic designer in Mexico City.
"Con il tempo tutto passa. Ho visto, con un po' di pazienza, l'indimenticabile diventare dimenticato, e l'obbligo di rimanere."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Augurii Gabo⭐️ pic.twitter.com/hx2uyKWGwe— Banda Corbari (@BandaCorbari) March 6, 2024
Rodrigo and Gonzalo announced in a press conference held in Spain on March 5, 2024, that their father was suffering from dementia and that the last book had become unintelligible to the author, prompting him to plead with his sons and family to discard it. Fortunately, close relatives opted to preserve the manuscript and other parts of Until August at the Harry Ransom Center, an archive and library at the University of Texas at Austin in the United States.
Garcia Marquez’s New Novel, Until August Release Dates
Garcia Marquez’s new novel, “Until August” was released on his 97th birthday, March 6, 2024, with the Spanish name, En Agosto Nos Vemos. The English version of the book will be released on March 12, 2024, by Penguin Random House, as confirmed by the editorial director, Ms Pilar Reyes.
Are There Any More Hidden Manuscripts Of Garcia Marquez?
Unfortunately, “Until August” is the last novel written by the Nobel Prize-winning writer, Garcia Marquez. His sons published the final novel to honor the last efforts of their father against all odds. it was rumored that “Until August” didn’t have an ending, however, Rodrigo and Gonzalo confirmed that their father has given the protagonist a fully developed ending.
When we read the versions (again), we realised that the book was much better than we remembered. We began to suspect that, just as Gabo lost the ability to write, he also lost his ability to read, as well as the ability to judge his own writings. The novel was, if anything, a little scattered in an indeterminate number of originals, but it was complete.
-Gonzalo Garcia
