{"product_id":"9781035400584","title":"Ia Genberg - The Details","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Ia Genberg. Themes include Fiction, Literary, Women, Lgbtq+, Bisexual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe International Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eShortlisted For The International Booker Prize 2024\u003cbr\u003e Winner Of The August Prize 2022 (Best Fiction)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'[A] miraculous sort of novel' Hernan Diaz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I wish I could write like this' Fredrik Backman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'So good that I kept underlining passages so I could reread them later' Mark Haddon\u003cbr\u003e 'Mesmerizing and hot to the touch' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eTextured insights into human nature\u003ci\u003e' New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Wistfully recalls a time when what was lost stayed lost' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Who is the real subject of a portrait, the person being painted or the one holding the brush? \u003ci\u003eThe Details\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMore Praise For \u003ci\u003eThe Details\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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' \u003cb\u003eSusannah Dickey, author of \u003ci\u003eTennis Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A woozy, affecting dive into desire, domination and memory' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'An ode to the different kinds of love that form us . . . I won't forget this beautiful book' \u003cb\u003eJenna Clake, author of \u003ci\u003eDisturbance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A fever dream . . . A feat of characterization, a triumph of lending language and profundity to observations of daily life' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58105474711926,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781035400584.jpg?v=1781694705","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781035400584","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}