A miniature masterpiece that asks unsettling questions about destiny and desire Christoph, a writer, has a story to share with Lena, an actress. A long time ago, he was in a relationship with Magdalena, who was also an actress. Lena is currently in a relationship with Chris, who is also a writer... And so begins a uniquely existential game of past and present that will leave no one unharmed.

A man and a woman meet in a park. The man has a story to share, one of a past relationship that contains echoes, similarities to the woman's life too remarkable to be considered just a coincidence. And so the lines of reality begin to blur. Is the man a warning from the future? Is the woman destined to repeat the same mistakes? Who really exists? Is there such thing as fate?

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Peter Stamm was born in 1963, in Scherzingen, Switzerland. He is the author of the novels Agnes, On A Day Like This, Unformed Landscape and the collection In Strange Gardens and Other Stories, as well as numerous short stories and radio plays. He lives in Winterthur.Michael Hofmann is a poet and German translator. His most recent collection of poems is One Lark, One Horse. He is a Granta contributing editor.