{"product_id":"we-are-light-paperback","title":"We Are Light - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerda Blees\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichele Hutchison\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGERDA BLEES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerda Blees is a Dutch author and poet. She taught at various universities for several years while doing linguistic research on Dutch-German lingua receptiva--conversations in which each person speaks their own language. \u003ci\u003eWe Are Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Blees's debut novel, won the EU Literature Prize as well as the prestigious Dutch Booksellers Award in 2021. It was also shortlisted for the Libris Literature Award. The author recently completed a bachelor's degree in fine arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam while living with her family in Woerden. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHELE HUTCHISON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichele Hutchison studied at UEA, Cambridge, and Lyon universities and worked in publishing for a number of years. In 2004, she moved to Amsterdam. Among the many works she has translated are \u003ci\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/i\u003e by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, \u003ci\u003eSlaves to Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e by Tom Lanoye, both \u003ci\u003eCraving \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRoxy \u003c\/i\u003eby Esther Gerritsen, and \u003ci\u003eStadium IV \u003c\/i\u003eby Sander Kollaard, for which she received the Vondel Translation Prize 2020. In the same year, her translation of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Discomfort of Evening\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the International Booker Prize. She also co-authored the successful parenting book, \u003ci\u003eThe Happiest Kids in the World.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731950342207,"sku":"9781642861273","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/98a18ca8398d1292842a62ccb022b831.webp?v=1765130732","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/we-are-light-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}