I want to immerse myself in the dizziness, in the pleasures that pain bestows, in the hatred that loves, in the fire that gives coolness.

"Faust has conquered the entirety of human knowledge, but as he approaches the end of his life, he feels that he knows nothing of real life. He longs for a moment that will reveal to him the meaning of the World, of human existence. His union with Mephistopheles opens the door to the darkest side of himself. This demonic Alter Ego feeds Faust's addiction to endless movement through the denial of every limit and every restriction on pleasures.

The two of them, with youthful vigor, rush into the age of violence as if in a frenzy after trauma, seeking more pain, more pleasure, more power within a universe of desperate humans and silent, indifferent gods."

Katerina Evangelatou (from the afterword of the edition)