The Cold Centre
Original price was: ₹599.00.₹540.00Current price is: ₹540.00.
Shipping and handling charges will be computed at checkout.
In The Cold Centre, a man receives a startling call that his e-wife is awaiting a cancer diagnosis. A series of questions run through his mind as he tries to get to the heart of it all.
Delivery: We are a small, independent bookstore and shipping times may be slightly longer than usual. Please allow 2-4 business days for your order to be processed and shipped. We appreciate your patience. We will notify you by email as soon as your order ships.
Print on demand publications require additional preparation. See the shipping section below for details.
East Germany. The last days of the Wall. A man receives a startling call from his ex-wife, who’s in the hospital, awaiting a cancer diagnosis. His mind races as he suddenly realizes he must find out whether she was contaminated by fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Quickly returning to the city, he tries to reconstruct the events of a few days so many years ago, and he revisits and questions his own memories of working in the chilling ‘cold centre’—the air-conditioning plant for the East German Communist Party newspaper. Did she come in contact with a contaminated truck from the Ukraine? Was he a cog at the heart of the system, failing to prevent a tragic accident? Can he find out what happened before it’s too late? He soon begins to lose control over his days in Berlin, beginning a desperate search for orientation over a fracture in his own life—one he has never gotten over.
| Author: | Inka Parei |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780857428318 |
| Publisher: | Seagull Books |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 152 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Edition: | First |
| Condition: | New |
| Country of Origin: | India |
About the Contributors
The author lives in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, with her son, writing and tutoring emerging literary talents. Her novels The Shadow-Boxing Woman (2011), What Darkness Was (2013) and The Cold Centre (2014) are available from Seagull Books.
The translator translates and co-edits no man's land, an online literary magazine of contemporary German writing in English.
Shipping
This book will be shipped in 2-4 working days. The time taken for you to receive it will depend upon the mode you choose, while completing your purchase.
The rates applicable for each mode are different. You will be informed after the order is shipped. Shipping costs depend on the mode chosen, the weight of the item, and the distance it will travel to reach its destination.
Shipping costs will be charged depending on the weight of the entire purchase (if more than one item is purchased). The same shipping mode will apply to all products in such a case.