The author weaves a story of love and magic in the misty mountains, and of betrayal in the city. He is a humane writer, and a sensitive and inventive storyteller with the eye for absurdity and tenderness. In the twins of Ha Samane-especially in Dikosha, the dancing girl who never ages -- he has created characters who will live in our memory for many years to come. She plays with the Darkness is a first-rate literary experience.