奥古拉斯之死

深夜一通电话惊醒了安娜。传来一个令所有父母惊恐的消息：她20岁的儿子，奥古斯特，从高楼上坠落下来了。安娜苦苦寻找儿子死因背后的隐情。她来到了事发的城市，必须解开奥古斯特生活的谜团，一点点收集导致这个残忍结局的线索。警察断定奥古斯特之死属于自杀，并送来安慰和慰问。始终无法接受她独子的离去，她努力克服对儿子疏远的愧疚感并住进了奥古斯特以前的公寓。在那里她见到了公寓的主管 乔娜斯，尽管乔娜斯开始显得十分谨慎，但是她还是跟安娜建立了暂时的联系，在这个离奇疏远的世界里渴望爱和陪伴的人。很快，安娜发现奥古斯特的死并非是那些满脸倦态的警察口中所说的自杀。 她特意查找了与高古斯特来往频繁的重要人物，并发现了一帮地下党，很可能与奥古斯特之死有关。这一侦查将她带入了生死攸关的险境，但是她不能退出，必须跟那帮恶棍斗争到底。A late night phone call wakes Anna Ellison from sleep. It's the news every parent dreads: her 20-year-old son, August, has fallen from a high window. A powerful, haunting mystery, August Falls tells the story of one woman's struggle to find the truth behind her son's disturbing death. Traveling to the city where the tragic event occurred, Anna must unravel the surprising circumstances of her son's life as she pieces together the reason for its brutal end. The police, concluding that his fatality was a suicide, offer little solace. Attempting to make sense of the loss of her only child and grappling with feelings of guilt for their estrangement, she takes up in August's old apartment. There she meets Jonas, the building's superintendent. Though guarded at first, Jonas is able to form a tentative bond with Anna, a shared longing for love and company in a world that feels strangely desolate. Soon Anna comes to believe that August's demise was not the suicide the jaded police maintain. ...