After Dark

After Dark Kısa Özet

Eyes mark the shape of the city.

The midnight hour approaches in an olmost-empty diner. Mari sips her caffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari`s help.

Meanwhilw Mari`s beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is `too perfect, too pure` to be normal; it has lasted for two mounths. But tonight, as the digital clock displays 00.00, a hint of life flickers across the television screen, even though its plug hasn been pulled out.

strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night?

`Stylish and enigmatic`

The Economist

`The novel could be an allegory of sleep, a phenomenology of time, or a cinematic metafiction. Whatever it is, its memory lingers`

Guardian

`The narrative carries considerable literary weight a rare grace`

spectator

`A captivating mood piece, delicate and wistful`

Evening Standard