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The Details
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Summary
An intoxicating international bestseller about a woman in the throes of a fever remembering the important people in her past, the memories laid bare in vivid detail as her body temperature races - for fans of Rachel Cusk and Lucia Berlin
A 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.
In 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 get-well-soon message from an ex-girlfriend.
Pages from her past begin to flip, full of things she cannot forget and people who cannot be forgotten. Johanna, that same ex-girlfriend who introduced her to Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy, now a famous TV host in Sweden. Niki, the friend who disappeared all those years ago without a phone number or an address and has no online footprint. There is Alejandro, who appears like a storm in precisely the right moment. And Brigitte, whose elusive qualities shield a painful secret.
Who is the real subject of a portrait, the person being painted or the one holding the brush? The Details is an audio 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.
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- Megan P.
- 09-04-24
Loose and tight at the same time
The best thing about this audio book is the reading. The way the reader uses emphasis is brilliant. The stresses on parts of the sentences provide additional meaning - so good. Lovely pace and a beautiful voice to listen to - very well suited to this story.
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- J. Atherton
- 21-03-24
The narrator was excellent
I enjoyed this short novel. It was very engaging and a good read. The narrator was very good
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-01-24
Much ado about nothing
An autobiographical look at moments in a woman’s life that is not great. The only chapter I enjoyed was about her friend who clearly had some sort of mood disorder.
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