DAY/NIGHT brings together two metaphysical novels that mirror each other-the stories of two men, each confined to a room, one of them suddenly alert to his existence, the other desperate to escape into sleep. In TRAVLES IN THE SCRIPTORIUM, Mr. Blank wakes in an unfamiliar cell, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He must try to cobble together an idea of his identity. In MAN IN THE DARK, August Brill suffering from insomnia struggles to push away thoughts of painful personal losses by imagining what might have been.