{"product_id":"9781035400584-the-details","title":"The Details","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003eAn intoxicating international bestseller about a woman in the throes of a fever remembering the important people in her past, the memories laid bare in vivid detail as her body temperature races - for fans of Rachel Cusk and Lucia Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024\u003cbr\u003eWINNER 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\u003eIn 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\u003ePages 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\u003eWho is the real subject of a portrait, the person being painted or the one holding the brush? \u003ci\u003eThe Details \u003c\/i\u003eis 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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40930421112929,"sku":"9781035400584","price":8.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_22936035.jpg?v=1714042122","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035400584-the-details","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}