Small Comfort
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Small Comfort
Small Comfort
A dazzlingly experimental novel about money from International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ia Genberg and translator Kira Josefsson.
You know, love is love, he says. But what about the revolution?
Intricately built and wickedly humorous, this is a novel in five parts, all about one thing: money.
From an interview with a child star turned thief to the mysterious death of an employee at a drug manufacturer - or the couple feigning married bliss to keep their inheritance, Small Comfort carefully unravels the value we place on both money and people.
What does it really mean to be in debt to someone? How does our financial worth permeate the ways we think and feel? And what do we lose when we supposedly win? Small Comfort skewers its characters, slyly implicating the reader along the way.
A brilliantly original and thought-provoking novel from the author and translator of The Details, shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize.
Praise for The Details:
'Miraculous' Hernan Diaz, author of Trust
'I wish I could write like this' Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035433940
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 April 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wildfire
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 384
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About the Author
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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