Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn, New York was the location where the novel began. In a Williamsburg apartment, Eli and Lilia had cohabited for three months. In the first chapter of the novel, Lilia left Brooklyn unexpectedly to finally face her past in Montreal.

Montreal

Montreal was the city where Christopher, the private investigator assigned to Lilia’s case, lived for some time with his wife, Elaine and daughter, Michaela. When Lilia disappeared from New York City, she went to Montreal to confront Christopher and in doing so finally confront the mysteries of her past.

When Eli followed Lilia to Montreal, he found it to be a very drab and depressing city. He met Michaela, who seemed to radiate the hopelessness of her surroundings. At the end of the novel, all of the intertwined stories of the novel intersected in an eventful conclusion.

The location of Montreal was also significant...