Magdalena Tulli’s new literary novel reads like poetry, replete with metaphor, unique syntax, and intriguing images. The author’s inventive and graceful language lends this work the feel of a fable in which readers are whisked to a…world where one almost expects to see fairies and wizards…In the heyday of vampire mania, it is especially delightful to read a text that simultaneously captures the magical and the banal so beautifully.