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The Trio
- Author
- Johanna Hedman
- Narrator
- Sam Woolf, Maya Lindh
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 7 July 2022
- Run Time
- 9 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Sophisticated, mature and richly atmospheric, a debut novel about three young people navigating the risks and possibilities of intimacy
For fans of André Aciman, Deborah Levy and the Penguin European Writers series
Thora, August and Hugo come from different worlds - one an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion of the old elite, and one an ordinary boy from out of town. But over the course of two sky-blue summers in Stockholm, they are drawn together magnetically.
The novel opens years later, when Hugo, long estranged from Thora and August, is visited by their daughter - who has questions about her parents which she believes Hugo can answer - and the memories of those luminous days come flooding back.
Modern yet timeless, poignant and euphoric, The Trio is a novel about the path not taken, the people we might have become, and the relationships which shape and haunt us long after they come to a close.
'An international success before even being published, The Trio is a novel that stands well above the hype... Elegiac, bittersweet, [with] the golden shimmer of nostalgia' Gefle Dagblad
'Mature and confident, delicate and eloquent, a study in intimacy... The Trio creates a greedy sensation within the reader of constantly wanting to pick up a book and read just a few more pages... Timeless and universal' Kult Magasin
'Johanna Hedman should definitely expect to win prizes' Upsala Nya Tidning
© Johanna Hedman 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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A smart, elegant and moving novel, all the more impressive for it being Johanna Hedman's debut... The stylish emotional distance of Normal People
The Times
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Sharp, vividly imagined and affecting in a way that both intrigues and captivates
Irish Times
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Fans of Sally Rooney will adore this excellent novel, which has garnered rave reviews
The Bookseller
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Delicate and beguiling... The Trio spans from Berlin to London to Paris as the [characters] continually renegotiate who they each are to each other, questions of ownership and privilege floating in the background of summers which feel both fleeting and endless
Esquire
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An international success before even being published, The Trio is a novel that stands well above the hype... Elegiac, bittersweet, [with] the golden shimmer of nostalgia, it is a story about big emotions
Gefle Dagblad
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Mature and confident, delicate and eloquent, a study in intimacy . . . Timeless and universal
Kult Magasin
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Full of verve, nostalgia, longing and the claustrophobic euphoria of being in the world with the people you love, this gorgeous novel whisks you along with it; you have no choice but to gratefully follow
Lara Williams, author of 'Supper Club'
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Vigorous and vivid, wistful and engaging. Johanna Hedman should definitely expect to win prizes
Upsala Nya Tidning
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An acute, eloquent and bittersweet debut... There may be an August Prize nomination!
Femina
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The ending leaves a stinging sensation [asking] questions of what really becomes important in hindsight, what we remember and how we remember it, and, not least why we become who we are as a consequence of our choices
SR Kulturnytt
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Details
- Author
- Johanna Hedman
- Narrator
- Sam Woolf, Maya Lindh
- Duration
- 9 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 July 2022
- ISBN
- 9780241996362
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Modern and Contemporary romance, Narrative theme: coming of age, Fiction in translation
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Sophisticated, mature and richly atmospheric, a debut novel about three young people navigating the risks and possibilities of intimacyFor fans of André Aciman, Deborah Levy and the Penguin European Writers seriesThora, August and Hugo come from different worlds - one an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion of the old elite, and one an ordinary boy from out of town. But over the course of two sky-blue summers in Stockholm, they are drawn together magnetically.The novel opens years later, when Hugo, long estranged from Thora and August, is visited by their daughter - who has questions about her parents which she believes Hugo can answer - and the memories of those luminous days come flooding back.Modern yet timeless, poignant and euphoric, The Trio is a novel about the path not taken, the people we might have become, and the relationships which shape and haunt us long after they come to a close.'An international success before even being published, The Trio is a novel that stands well above the hype... Elegiac, bittersweet, [with] the golden shimmer of nostalgia' Gefle Dagblad'Mature and confident, delicate and eloquent, a study in intimacy... The Trio creates a greedy sensation within the reader of constantly wanting to pick up a book and read just a few more pages... Timeless and universal' Kult Magasin'Johanna Hedman should definitely expect to win prizes' Upsala Nya Tidning© Johanna Hedman 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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