Nous nous verrons en août

by Gabriel García Márquez

128 pages

Published April 30, 2025

About the author

Gabriel José de la Concordia Garcí­a Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garcí­a Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.

Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, García Márquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. García Márquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.

Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del cólera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. García Márquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.

(Arabic: جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز) (Hebrew: גבריאל גארסיה מרקס) (Ukrainian: Ґабріель Ґарсія Маркес) (Belarussian: Габрыель Гарсія Маркес) (Russian: Габриэль Гарсия Маркес)

Reviews

[87lectures · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mouif

Pas abouti, publié après la mort de l'auteur qui ne voulait finalement pas que ce texte voie le jour, un postface de l'éditeur qui dit "la relation entre un auteur et un éditeur est un pacte de confiance fondé sur le respect" (mais mdrrrr) et enfin un homme qui écrit sur le désir des femmes de manière brouillonne.

Bref, une déception

[fiona · Rating 3 out of 5]

ç’aurait pu être très beau, mais c’est trop peu abouti (la postface nous en illustre bien les raisons)

j’ai aimé beaucoup de choses, mais je reste sur ma faim, j’en aurais aimé tellement plus, plus de détails, moins de raccourcis, une histoire plus longue… il y’a beaucoup de potentiel mais ce dernier n’est pas suffisamment exploité à mon goût

[Elodie Drt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Honnêtement c'était pas ouf 😅 et quand on lit la postface expliquant que c'est une nouvelle inachevée que Gabriel Garcia Marquez ne souhaitait pas publier on comprends mieux pourquoi... comme quoi des fois il faut écouter sa famille et respecter ses vœux 🙃

[Juju Berlu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Une cinquantenaire découvre le plaisir de se faire désirer et d'être aimée (sexuellement) par des amants de passage sur une île où elle vient rendre visite chaque année à sa mère enterrée là.
Bien moins poétique, audacieux et original que Cent ans de solitude, ambiance plutôt desperate housewives, en 100 pages qui se lisent bien vite.

[Cynthia Ay · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book about the midlife affairs of an unhappy woman.
The book is beautifully written of course yet the storytelling is very old fashioned for my taste. In only 100 pages we learn a lot about the woman’s life. This book was published after Marquez has died by his kids, this explains the unfinished touch in the story.

[Meli🪼 Scotto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pas mal. C'est super bien écrit, surtout la description des lieux et des personnages. Mais on a du mal à rentrer dans l'histoire, on sent que c'est un brouillon incomplet et c'est dommage, on ne s'approprie pas assez l'histoire et l'état d'esprit des personnages.

[Alexandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good beach read

[Madeleine Decker · Rating 1 out of 5]

gaspillage d'argent! du grand n'importe quoi quand tu arrives à la fin :(