<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER</b><br><b>WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2022 (BEST FICTION) </b><br><b>WINNER OF THE AFTONBLADET LITERARY PRIZE 2022</b><br><br><b>''[A] miraculous sort of novel'' Hernan Diaz, author of <i>TRUST</i></b><br><br><b>''I wish I could write like this'' Fredrik Backman, author of <i>A MAN CALLED OVE</i></b><br><br><b>''Mesmerizing and hot to the touch'' Catherine Lacey, <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><br><br><b><i>''</i>Textured insights into human nature<i>'' THE NEW YORKER<br><br></i></b><i>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.</i><br><br>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.<br><br>Pages from her past begin to flip, full of things she cannot forget and people