A deliciously elegant and immersive tale of friendship, intimacy and inner contradiction, The Trio finds three young people from different walks of life magnetically drawn together in the warmth of a Stockholm summer.
Sophisticated, mature and richly atmospheric, a debut novel about three young people navigating the risks and possibilities of intimacy.
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.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241551660
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 333 g
Dimensions: 216 x 135 x 24 mm
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
Sharp, vividly imagined and affecting in a way that both intrigues and captivates - Irish Times
Fans of Sally Rooney will adore this excellent novel, which has garnered rave reviews - The Bookseller
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
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
Mature and confident, delicate and eloquent, a study in intimacy . . . Timeless and universal - Kult Magasin
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'
Vigorous and vivid, wistful and engaging. Johanna Hedman should definitely expect to win prizes - Upsala Nya Tidning
An acute, eloquent and bittersweet debut... There may be an August Prize nomination! - Femina
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
Stylishly and elegantly composed - Göteborgs-Posten
How on earth is it possible that Johanna Hedman is a debutant? It feels as if I've seen the future of Swedish writing - Alex Schulman, author of 'The Survivors'
An absolutely fantastic debut novel - Fredrik Backman, author of 'A Man Called Ove'
I have no idea why this book gets 5 stars.
I'll quote a line from the book,
*I knocked on Hugo's door, and when he responded I pushed it open. "
The book is as banal as that.
By starting the novel in present day with enough clues about the relationship between characters 'The Trio' is both a story about regret and living in the present. The three main characters are written with... More
Travel with this book back to your younger self: how it felt, the awkwardness of groups, fitting in, and introspection. It captured the freedom of other places and speaking other languages. The sense of place was spot... More
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