The novel begins with a storm and a lightning strike that kills a young poet named Domenec — and his ghost continues to wander the mountain. From there, the narrative shifts perspectives among:

Accept the ambiguity. You will not always know immediately who is speaking. That disorientation is intentional. It mimics the confusion of being alive in a vast, uncaring, beautiful world.

But the plot is merely the skeleton. The flesh of the book is its narrative voice.