{"product_id":"the-details-9781035400584b","title":"The Details","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2022 (BEST FICTION)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\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\/span\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? \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Details\u003c\/span\u003e 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.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'[A] miraculous sort of novel' Hernan Diaz\u003cbr\u003e'I wish I could write like this' Fredrik Backman\u003cbr\u003e'So good that I kept underlining passages so I could reread them later' Mark Haddon\u003cbr\u003e'Mesmerizing and hot to the touch' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Textured insights into human nature' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wistfully recalls a time when what was lost stayed lost' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wildfire","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824318976080,"sku":"9781035400584B","price":8.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781035400584-l.jpg?v=1785896053","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-details-9781035400584b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}