In a village sealed off from the world, passions erupt around a monster and an angel.
Since surviving a deadly fever, no one has ever seen his face. Every night, the boy leaves the rectory where he was taken in and disappears into the woods. Under the moonlight, the forest becomes his domain. This secret life shields him from the gaze of others.
As he enters adolescence, a young girl appears among the trees. Enne is unlike anyone in this remote village, haunted by generations of hatred. Yet she, too, carries a secret and dreams of escaping the future that awaits her.
The Face of the Night is a dazzling novel, full of striking reflections on adolescence, violence, and desire.
