Draussen im Dunkel

A sibling pair that has conceived a child through incest, thus stepping outside the bounds of human order. The newborn, abandoned by its nameless father in the woods, becomes for them the embodiment of earthly damnation. A story of biblical weight and ancient inevitability, expressed in a language that combines terse everyday dialogues and concise, precise descriptions with a fervent, visionary pathos. Everything—the characters, the Southern landscape—feels both real and mythical at once: an apocalypse in the Wild West.