{"title":"Clemens Meyer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClemens Meyer\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of contemporary life through richly drawn narratives steeped in raw emotion and striking realism. His novels often delve into the complexities of human experience, portraying characters shaped by their challenging environments with vivid authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect immersive storytelling that captures the tension between hope and hardship, illuminated by poetic prose and keen social observation. These works resonate with profound insights into identity, memory, and the passage of time within modern society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"while-we-were-dreaming-by-clemens-meyer-9781804270288","title":"While We Were Dreaming","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRico, Mark, Paul, and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wall fell in autumn 1989. Growing up in Leipzig at the time of reunification, they dream of a better life somewhere beyond the brewery quarter. Every night they roam the streets, partying, rioting, running away from their fears, their parents, and the future, fighting to exist, killing time. 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It charts the development of the industry from absolute prohibition to full legality in the twenty years following the reunification of Germany. The narrative centres on the rise and fall of one man, transitioning from a football hooligan to a large-scale landlord and service-provider for prostitutes, ultimately becoming a man persecuted by those he once trusted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, the story also incorporates other voices: many different women who work in prostitution, their clients, small-time gangsters, an ex-jockey searching for his drug-addict daughter, a businessman from the West, a girl forced into child prostitution, a detective, and a pirate radio presenter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this ambitious novel, Clemens Meyer pays homage to modernist, East German, and contemporary writers like Alfred Döblin, Wolfgang Hilbig, and David Peace, while utilising his own unique style and almost hallucinatory techniques. Time shifts and stretches, people die and come to life again, as Meyer takes his characters seriously and challenges his readers in this dizzying, eye-opening novel. It also finds inspiration in the films of Russ Meyer, Takashi Miike, Gaspar Noé, and David Lynch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288385077484,"sku":"9781804272107","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10735373482830.jpg?v=1770547540"},{"product_id":"all-the-lights-by-clemens-meyer-9781916751309","title":"All The Lights","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2008\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA man bets all he has on a horse race to pay for an expensive operation for his dog. 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