In the novel Intimate, we travel between Paris, Ljubljana, and New York, following three narrative threads: the love story of Janina and Fadul, a former journalist from Chad who fled to Europe because of his critical articles; the relationship between young Amina and the much older Tibor, who are grappling with the death of their young daughter, Isabel; and the story of the artist Deana, who uses photography to enter the intimate world of her subjects. Among them is also the mysterious man Tay, who reveals the connections between stories of identity, otherness, and the presence and absence of choice. The novel Intimate is also a response to institutional and everyday racism.