THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2022 (BEST FICTION)
WINNER OF THE AFTONBLADET LITERARY PRIZE 2022
''[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
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 message from an ex-girlfriend.
Pages from her past begin to flip, full of things she cannot forget and people
