{"product_id":"all-the-lights","title":"All the Lights","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA man bets all he has on a horse race to pay for an expensive operation for his dog. A young refugee wants to box her way straight off the boat to the top of the sport. Old friends talk all night after meeting up by chance. She imagines a future together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories about people who have lost out in life and in love, and about their hopes for one really big win, the chance to make something of their lives. In silent apartments, desolate warehouses, prisons, and by the river, Clemens Meyer strikes the tone of our harsh times, and finds the grace notes, the bright lights shining in the dark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClemens Meyer was born in 1977 in Halle and now lives in Leipzig, both cities in what was East Germany. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll the Lights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the prestigious Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2008, and he has been twice longlisted for the International Booker Prize. Katy Derbyshire is a London-based translator who has lived in Berlin since 1996 and translates contemporary German writing. Stuart Evers is the author of several books and wrote the introduction to this edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Other Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuly 1, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiterary Fiction · Short Stories · Fiction in Translation · German Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781916751309\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67677888839862,"sku":"9781916751309","price":30.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781916751309.jpg?v=1792423284","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/all-the-lights","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}