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Small Comfort

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026

Ia Genberg Kira Josefsson

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WILDFIRE
10 March 2026

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'You know, love is love, he says. But what about the revolution?'

Intricately built and wickedly humorous, these five interconnected short stories are 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 marital bliss to keep their inheritance, Ia Genberg 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 collection from the author and translator of The Details, shortlisted for the 2024 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
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Imprint:   WILDFIRE
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   267g
ISBN:   9781035433940
ISBN 10:   103543394X
Pages:   384
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for Small Comfort: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026

A delightful and exquisitely executed literary mini-study that brings to mind Joan Didion. * Expressen * I haven't read anything better this year. * Sydsvenskan * Genberg has a joy in language and precision in expression . . . she captures, with intelligence and insight, the afflictions of our time; that smooth, qualified bullshit talk that makes truth or lies seem irrelevant. * Göteborgs-Posten * Ia Genberg writes layered stories that resist easy categorisation. They are a kind of tall tales that the author anchors in reality through precise portrayals of the ways people think, speak, and behave. The sharpness of Genberg's powers of observation, her humour and delight in language make the stories crackle with life . . . Ia Genberg is a sharp stylist who effortlessly swings between the mundane and the profound. * Svenska Dagbladet *


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