Finally, the night enveloped me

I floated above it, or rather inside it,

or it carried me with it, like a river carries

a boat…

from "Midnight"

You enter the world of this enchanting book by passing through one of its many dreamlike gates, and every time you enter, you find yourself in the same place even though everything inside has been rearranged. Woman. Man. Child. Light and darkness. 

Time timeless. It is an adventure story, an encounter with the unknown, the fearless journey of a knight to the kingdom of death; a story of the world you always knew, of your first reading, your first children's book, only that every familiar aspect of it is reconstructed and trembles, like the outline of a dream. 

It is a unified story, with parts, however, variable, an enigmatic narrative framework, a heartbreaking tone. A confessional, deeply personal and at the same time universal negotiation of loss and grief in all their forms.

The poetic collection Faithful and Virtuous Night won the National Book Award 2014.