EAN: 9780063309715

THE DETAILS - IA GENBERG GEBUNDEN

An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in
the vein of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti  about a woman in the throes of a fever remembering the
important people in her past  her memories laid bare in vivid detail as her body temperature
rises. A woman lies bedridden from a high fever. Suddenly she is struck with an urge to revisit
a novel from her past. Inside the book is an inscription: a get-well-soon message from Johanna
an ex-girlfriend who is now a famous television host. As she flips through the book  pages from
the woman's own past begin to come alive  scenes of events and people she cannot forget. There
are moments with Johanna  and Niki  the friend who disappeared years ago without a phone number
or an address and with no online footprint. There is Alejandro  who gleefully campaigns for a
baby even though he knows their love has no future. And Brigitte  whose elusive qualities mask
a painful secret. The Details is a novel built around four portraits  the small details that 
pieced together  comprise a life. Can a loved one really disappear? Who is the real subject of
the portrait  the person being painted or the one holding the brush? Do we fully become
ourselves through our connections to others? This exhilarating  provocative tale raises
profound questions about the nature of relationships  and how we tell our stories. The result
is an intimate and illuminating study of what it means to be human.

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