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August

Judith Rossner

1983376 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1983
first published
  • 1983Houghton Mifflin · 376 pages · ENGISBN 9780395339701
  • 1983Cape · 376 pages · ENGISBN 9780224021722
  • 1983Houghton Mifflin Company · 390 pages · ENG
  • 1990Warner Books · ENGISBN 9780446356671
  • 1997Mariner Books · 376 pages · ENGISBN 9780395860069

August, is a novel written by Judith Rossner focused on a psychoanalyst and one of her analysands. The title refers to the month of August, when analysts leave the city for the month and thus leave some of their patients without the emotional support of the analytic relationship.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
ComplexityLayered

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ThemesFamily

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