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Andres Barba (Madrid, 1975) is an award-winning Spanish novelist, essayist, translator, scriptwriter and photographer. He is the author of a total of twelve books of literary fiction, non-fiction, photography, arts and children s literature. His works have been translated into ten languages. In 2010 he was featured in Granta magazine as one of the twenty-two best young Spanish-language writers.

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"One is tempted to call 'August, October' flawless... Although this book expertly describes the experiences of adolescence,'August, October' is really a powerful novel about the unprocessed - indeed unprocessable - emotions of transition. Barba binds these least legible feelings into a series of immaculate scenes, at once allowing us to understand what also swirls around our own insides." -Scott Esposito, Times Literary Supplement;" 'August, October' by Andres Barba brilliantly dissects the business of being alive... 'August, October' is beyond impressive, it is the real thing, a study of how the mind and memory attempts to make sense of emotion and guilt; need and regret.-Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times; "An unflinching portrait of adolescence ... Barba's psychological acuity is patient and uncompromising; it sheds light on the dark corners of the mind that very few authors attempt to explore. The depraved, selfish, and violent thoughts that drive his characters are not deviant thoughts, but disturbingly normal: his characters are all too human in their vanity, cruelty, and naked love."-Alex McElroy, Music and Literature; "Andres Barba needs no introduction. He has his own intentional world perfectly contained and a literary gift that belies his age." -Mario Vargas Llosa; "A story that has been described as an explosive clash between Pavese's 'The Beautiful Summer ' and the adolescents of Gus van Sant's 'Elephant.' " -Daniel Entrialgo, Esquire;"A new Spanish great, that s all I need to say." -Lire

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