{"product_id":"we-are-light-9781642861273","title":"We Are Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: World Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: World Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: World Literature - Netherlands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A riveting experimental novel about a commune where the members' belief that they can live on light and love alone proves fatal for one of them.\" ―\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne apartment, three women, one man. One of the women is dead. When the emergency personnel arrive, they realize: Elisabeth starved to death, encouraged by her roommates.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 European Union Literature Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the middle of a summer night, \u003cbr\u003eElisabeth, the oldest resident of the Sound \u0026amp; Love Commune, dies. Her\u003cbr\u003esister Melodie and their two other housemates are arrested: the group's\u003cbr\u003eattempts to stop eating and start living on light and love alone appears\u003cbr\u003eto have been fatal to Elisabeth. From unworldly idealists on the fringes of\u003cbr\u003esociety, the three suddenly become suspects in a criminal case. Through the\u003cbr\u003eeyes of the night, the neighbors, doubt, the scent of an orange, and many other\u003cbr\u003echaracters and entities, we see how each of those involved gives a different\u003cbr\u003eanswer to the question of how Elisabeth came to die. Who is to blame? And does\u003cbr\u003ethe commune still have a future? \u003ci\u003eWe Are Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis a highly original and entertaining novel about manipulation, vulnerability, \u003cbr\u003eand trying to be better.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45137122525335,"sku":"9781642861273","price":900.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781642861273.webp?v=1768542369","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/we-are-light-9781642861273","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}