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Irena Karpa

Ірена Карпа

Born 1980 · Ukraine

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    BBC Ukrainian Book 2022 · Shortlist

    Тільки нікому про це не кажи

    Tilky nikomu pro tse ne kazhy

    Title translated by AI:“Just Don't Tell Anyone”

    Irena Karpa · 42 when first published

    Novel · 252 pages · Crime

    AI-generated summary:Margo, a Ukrainian photographer living in Paris, starts seeing a psychologist to understand her unease, just as she becomes fascinated by news of an Avenger, a serial killer punishing rapists and corrupt officials back home.

  • No English yet

    BBC Ukrainian Book 2005 · Shortlist

    Фройд би плакав

    Froid by plakav

    Title translated by AI:“Freud Would Cry”

    Irena Karpa · 24 when first published

    Novel · 238 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:A restless journey from Paris and Frankfurt through Java, Bali, India, Nepal and Bhutan and back to Kyiv, between campsites and luxury hotels, a Swedish lover out to improve the world and a Russian one with a heap of problems.