The Details: The intoxicating international bestseller

The Details is a novel by Ia Genberg that was awarded the August Prize 2022 and the Aftonbladet Literary Prize 2022. It is a miraculous sort of novel that explores the fragments of memory and experience that make up a life. The book is praised for its exhilarating, provocative prose and its intimate and powerful celebration of what it means to be human.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 18 January 2024
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

The International Bestseller Winner of the August Prize 2022 (Best Fiction) Winner of the Aftonbladet Literary Prize 2022 [A] miraculous sort of novel Hernan Diaz, author of TRUST I wish I could write like this Fredrik Backman, author of A MAN CALLED OVE Mesmerizing and hot to the touch Catherine Lacey, NEW YORK TIMES Textured insights into human nature THE NEW YORKER A famous broadcaster writes a forgotten love letter; a friend abruptly disappears; a lover leaves something unexpected behind; a traumatized woman is consumed by her own anxiety. In the throes of a high fever, a woman lies bedridden. Suddenly, 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. Johanna, 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. And 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. MORE PRAISE FOR THE DETAILS : 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 A woozy, affecting dive into desire, domination, and me.

Weight: 132g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035400584