Ia Genberg

From the author and translator of THE DETAILS, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, 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:'[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'A woozy, affecting dive into desire, domination and memory' FINANCIAL TIMES'A fever dream .