Krista Volfa

On a flawless spring day in late April, an East German writer awaits a call from the hospital where her brother is undergoing brain surgery and instead receives news of a massive nuclear accident at Chernobyl, one thousand miles away. In a potent, lyrical stream of thought, the narrator confronts both mortality and …

Parting from Phantoms: Selected Writings, 1990-1994 is a book by Christa Wolf.