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The Fairy Land in which Anodos, the narrator, ventures is not the fairy land of youth's innocent dreams; rather, it is an otherworldly plane full of great beauty and terrible ugliness, impish little fairies and horrible, teasing goblins, nurturing spirits and malevolent entities.
Anodos' discovery of a fairy inside his deceased father's old desk leads to his unplanned journey into this world of wonder.
Much of this story is allegorical; Anodos basically comes to know himself and to see the world more objectively as a result of his journeys.
It begins when 21 year-old Anodos wakes up in his bedroom to find his furniture alive: his wooden dresser sprouting ivy, green carpet taking the form of grass swaying in a breeze, and basin to wash in overflowing to create a babbling stream.
The woman who answers at the young mans knock is a bundle of paradoxes: sagging in skin yet beaming with her eyes, aged by all appearances while possessing a voice beautiful as music.
Anodos feelings at seeing her are immediately compared to one of the strongest human bonds, mother love.
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