Poetry. Translated from the German by Marc Vincenz. "NIGHTSHIFT / AN AREA OF SHADOWS is a moving book of a couple struggling with the inevitable." Tages-Anzeiger"Erika Burkart is without a doubt the most unique, lyrical voice in contemporary Swiss literature." Peter von Matt"Each of her quiet poems is a dialogue with death, yet each line invokes life. Burkart's poems leave behind much more than a fleeting trace in the snow. Her delicate poetic footsteps have long since inscribed themselves in the memory of nature and her readers." Deutschlandfunk"