Small Comfort

A NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR BEHIND THE DETAILS (SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024) 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 ''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 memory'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''An ode to the different kinds of love that form us . . . I won''t forget this beautiful book'' Jenna Clake, author of DISTURBANCE ''A fever dream . . . A feat of characterization, a triumph of lending language and profundity to observations of daily life'' LITERARY HUB

Autorentext

Ia Genberg (born 1967) began her writing career as a journalist and published her debut novel Sweet Friday in 2012. She went on to write Belated Farewell (2013), Small Comfort (2018) and The Details (2022) - all widely praised by critics and frequently featured on Swedish bestseller lists.
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The Details*, shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize and winner of the August Prize 2022, has since sold in thirty-nine territories around the world.

The English translation of Small Comfort publishes in 2026.

Klappentext

From the author and translator of THE DETAILS, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, 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:

'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 woozy, affecting dive into desire, domination and memory' FINANCIAL TIMES