The new book by the famous Swiss writer Peter Stamm is an example of a classic modern novel. Brevity, a light and at the same time rich in emotions plot - this is what creates the main bouquet of this work, leaving the reader with an unusual, exciting aftertaste...Are we able to start our lives anew? From scratch? With a new face? Gillian, the heroine of the novel The Night Is Bright, does not have the opportunity to choose. A chain of insignificant events that she carelessly set in motion leads to a tragic ending: the husband who loved her died. And she herself, a beautiful TV announcer, found herself in a hospital bed with numerous wounds on her once flawless face. What is this - punishment for the mistakes of the past? And if so, will she have the possibility of redemption? Is it possible, having once lost everything, to eventually find yourself?