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A review by jordanian_reads_
The Details by Ia Genberg
5.0
Turning to the second page of The Details, I felt that rare sense of electricity and premonition that I had stumbled onto something truly special. And I wasn’t wrong. Genberg’s gorgeous prose, her shrewd observations, her many allusions to literature, and her focus on people’s stories and relationships – all of these elements synthesized into an incredibly compelling novella.
This book is for lovers of character-driven novels. It’s the account of a woman whose thoughts are spiked by a high fever and who revisits her experiences with four meaningful people from her past and present. I loved Genberg’s moody, contemplative writing, her existential questions, and her intimate character portraits. Huge kudos also goes to Kira Josefsson who translated Genberg’s novel from Swedish. Highly recommend.
Thank you to HarperVia and NetGalley for the advanced readers copy.
This book is for lovers of character-driven novels. It’s the account of a woman whose thoughts are spiked by a high fever and who revisits her experiences with four meaningful people from her past and present. I loved Genberg’s moody, contemplative writing, her existential questions, and her intimate character portraits. Huge kudos also goes to Kira Josefsson who translated Genberg’s novel from Swedish. Highly recommend.
Thank you to HarperVia and NetGalley for the advanced readers copy.