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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2022 (BEST FICTION)'[A] miraculous sort of novel' Hernan Diaz'I wish I could write like this' Fredrik Backman'So good that I kept underlining passages so I could reread them later' Mark Haddon'Mesmerizing and hot to the touch' THE NEW YORK TIMES'Textured insights into human nature' NEW YORKER'Wistfully recalls a time when what was lost stayed lost' THE TIMES------------------A 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. 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'A woozy, affecting dive into desire, domination and memory'FINANCIAL TIMES'An ode to the different kinds of love that form us . . . I won't forget this beautiful book'Jenna Clake'A fever dream . . . A feat of characterization, a triumph of lending language and profundity to observations of daily life' LITERARY HUB

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 'Zings and smarts in all the right places . . . breathtakingly original, profound but with a delicious dose of irreverence' INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 JUDGES'Brilliantly funny, poignant and timeless . . . This newly Booker Prize-longlisted novel is ripe for book club discussions and is not recommended for public transport reading in case you, like this reviewer, miss your stop'READINGS BOOKS, Melbourne'An entertaining, thought-provoking piece of fiction' A Life In Books'Simple, delicate, delicious prose that delivers from the very first story' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW'Smart, clever . . . such a brilliant read!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW_______'You know, love is love, he says. But what about the revolution?'Intricately built and wickedly humorous, these five interconnected short stories are all about one thing: money.From an interview with a child-star-turned-thief to the mysterious death of an employee at a drug manufacturer - or the couple feigning marital bliss to keep their inheritance, Ia Genberg carefully unravels the value we place on both money and people.What does it really mean to be in debt to someone? How does our financial worth permeate the ways we think and feel? And what do we lose when we supposedly win? Small Comfort skewers its characters, slyly implicating the reader along the way.A brilliantly original and thought-provoking collection from the author and translator of The Details, shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize.More praise for Small Comfort:'A delightful and exquisitely executed literary mini-study that brings to mind Joan Didion' - Expressen'Her humour and delight in language make the stories crackle with life' - Svenska Dagbladet'I haven't read anything better this year' - Sydsvenskan 'Genberg captures, with intelligence and insight, the afflictions of our time' - Göteborgs-PostePraise for Ia Genberg:'Miraculous' - Hernan Diaz, author of Trust'I wish I could write like this' - Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove'So good that I kept underlining passages so I could reread them later' - Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 'Mesmerizing and hot to the touch' - Catherine Lacey, New York Times

Ein Roman über die Freundschaften unseres Lebens, queere Liebe und die Beziehungen, die uns prägen - von Ia Genberg, Augustpreisträgerin und eine der markantesten Stimmen der skandinavischen Gegenwartsliteratur.Was wären wir ohne einander? Welche Begegnungen machen uns zu denen, die wir sind? Und was bleibt, wenn wir einander verlieren?Eine Frau liegt mit hohem Fieber im Bett und denkt an vier Menschen zurück, die ihr Leben geprägt haben: Johanna,mit der sie eine stürmische Beziehung hatte. Niki, die irgendwann spurlos verschwand. Alejandro, eine leidenschaftliche Liebe ohne Zukunft. Und Birgitte, ihre Mutter, die ein schmerzhaftes Geheimnis mit sich trug. Ein funkelnder Roman über die Details, die unser Leben ausmachen.Ausgezeichnet mit dem renommierten schwedischen Literaturpreis Augustpris und nominiert für den International Booker Prize 2024.'Dieser bewegende Roman entfaltet sich in vier Einzelporträts, die zusammen ein scharfes, ergreifendes Bild der Hauptfigur ergeben. Ia Genberg verwischt die Grenzen zwischen Autofiktion und Fiktion, zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart und zwischen dem Ich und dem Anderen. Genau die wundersame Art von Roman, der mit unseren persönlichen Erinnerungen verschmilzt und Teil von uns wird.' Hernan Díaz