by John Williams · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429770094
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«August» is the historical novel by John Williams, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (480 pages, in Catalan).
In 44 BC, Julius Caesar is assassinated and his nephew Octavius, an eighteen-year-old youth, is named universal heir. Surrounded by the power struggles of Cicero, Brutus, Cassius and Mark Antony, Octavius must forge his character to prevail and ends up becoming the first emperor of Rome. The novel revives historical figures and portrays a corrupt Rome.
Winner of the National Book Award in 1973, this edition translated by Albert Torrescasana was published in the El Balancí collection. The original English work, from 1972, is titled 'Augustus'.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those who enjoyed 'Stoner', by the same author.
Hugh Ernest Leo Williams, known professionally as John Williams, was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, as the chauffeur in Billy Wilder's Sabrina, as Mr. Brogan-Moore in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and as the second "Mr. French" on TV's Family Affair in its first season (1967).
