At night the senses become reordered Hearing becomes privileged over vision and we edge forward arms outstretched feeling our way through the inky blackness It is after dark that the human being becomes more animal more sensitive to Nature But the lights of the modern world have obliterated any meaningful connection to the night We have lost touch with its wonders as well as its terrors In this enchanting follow up to Nightwalking John Lewis Stempel once again ventures out into the night to uncover the unseen world of nocturnal creatures When the curtain of night falls a spectacle begins That of bio luminescence of boxing hares and wheat fields shimmering in the moonlight In Night Life Lewis Stempel wanders further afield to terrains new and shows us why the night is precious and what it is to be human in the dark