The right to enter all the clubs of the mentally gifted was acquired by Z.Z. with this first book of hers, which is already 10 years old. The short stories are 9 - the same number as the Muses.

A woman by coincidence and a writer by absolute inclination, the central figure has such a need to savor the delightful poison of her ego that she dares to elevate her literature like a rare chalice.

The stories in this collection have something of the arcane charm of the high priestess’s gestures and the enigmatic effect of potions.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]