From the author and translator of THE DETAILS, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, comes SMALL COMFORT - a book about five people and one thing: money.
From the successful child actor who has now turned into a failing thief; to an actor hired to give a speech at a stranger's wedding; to a couple feigning married bliss to keep their inheritance: Small Comfort is a brilliantly original examination of the value of people and money. How do financial structures, such as currency, relate to our own emotional landscapes? What does it really mean to be in debt to someone? And what do we lose when we supposedly win?
Praise for THE DETAILS:
'[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
'Wistfully recalls a time when what was lost stayed lost' THE TIMES
'A woozy, affecting dive into desire, domination and memory' FINANCIAL TIMES
'A fever dream . . . A feat of characterization, a triumph of lending language and profundity to observations of daily life' LITERARY HUB
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Headline Publishing Group
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0354-3394-0 (9781035433940)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Ia Genberg (b. 1967) began her writing career as a journalist. She published her debut novel, Sweet Friday, in 2012., followed by another novel, Belated Farewell (2013) and the short story collection Small Comfort, and four other tales about money (2018). The Details, her third novel, was an instant Swedish bestseller, and has since sold in 30 territories all over the world.
