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Inka Parei

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Inka Parei

Inka Parei, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1967, lives in Berlin. Her first novel, The Shadowboxer, won the Hans Erich Nossack Award in 2000 and has since been translated into nine languages. For this featured beginning of Was Dunkelheit War, she was awarded the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Award.

Articles by Inka Parei

What Darkness Was

By Inka Parei

The old man tugged his vest down over his hips. The rattling downstairs continued, it was a disconcerting, urgent sound, and now it was compounded by knocking.

Translated from German by Susan Bernofsky

From “The Shadowboxer”

By Inka Parei

Cut off by the Wall, the line lost its raison d'être decades ago and is reverting to scrub and desert.

Translated from German by Mike Mitchell

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Inka Parei

Inka Parei

Articles by Inka Parei

What Darkness Was

From “The Shadowboxer”