{"product_id":"the-details-by-ia-genberg-1","title":"The Details by Ia Genberg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2022 (BEST FICTION) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWINNER OF THE AFTONBLADET LITERARY PRIZE 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Damn it, I've underlined half the book. I wish I could write like this' Fredrik Backman, author of A MAN CALLED OVE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Brief and penetrating . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Genberg's marvellous prose is also a kind of a fever, mesmerizing and hot to the touch' Catherine Lacey, NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA famous broadcaster writes a forgotten love letter; a friend abruptly disappears; a lover leaves something unexpected behind; a traumatised woman is consumed by her own anxiety. In the throes of a high fever, a woman lies bedridden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuddenly, she is struck with an urge to revisit a particular novel from her past. Inside the book is an inscription: a message from an ex-girlfriend. Pages from her past begin to flip, full of things she cannot forget and people who cannot be forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohanna, that same ex-girlfriend, now a famous TV host. Niki, the friend who disappeared all those years ago. Alejandro, who appears like a storm in precisely the right moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Birgitte, whose elusive qualities shield a painful secret. Who is the real subject of a portrait, the person being painted or the one holding the brush? The Details is a novel built around four such portraits, unveiling the fragments of memory and experience that make up a life. In exhilarating, provocative prose, Ia Genberg reveals an intimate and powerful celebration of what it means to be human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR THE DETAILS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A novel that, through its very bones, encapsulates one of the most important ideas of our current political moment - the necessity of connection, and our vulnerability to one other' Susannah Dickey, author of TENNIS LESSONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A woozy, affecting dive into desire, domination and memory' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An ode to the different kinds of love that form us . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI won't forget this beautiful book' Jenna Clake, author of DISTURBANCE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A fever dream . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA feat of characterization, a triumph of lending language and profundity to observations of daily life' LITERARY HUB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated from Swedish by Kira Josefsson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 176 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45344604291287,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781035400584.jpg?v=1719321283","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/the-details-by-ia-genberg-1","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}