| The Shadow-Boxing Woman Contributor(s): Parei, Inka (Author) |
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ISBN: 0857425919 ISBN-13: 9780857425911 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: German List |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.9" W x 8.3" (0.35 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Shadow-Boxing Woman, a novel from German writer Inka Parei, a decaying apartment building in post-Wall Berlin is home to Hell, a young woman with a passion for martial arts. When Hell's neighbor disappears she sets out across the city in search of the woman. In the course of her quest, she falls in love with a bank robber, confronts her own dark memories, and ends up saving more than just her missing neighbor. What is on the surface a crime novel is actually a haunting dual portrait of a city and a woman caught up in times of change and transition. This debut novel in English combines Parei's tight prose with a compulsive delight in detail that dynamically evokes many lost and overlooked corners of Berlin. |