We Are Light - Gerda Blees

One 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. \nWinner of the 2021 European Union Literature Prize\n In the middle of a summer night, \nElisabeth, the oldest resident of the Sound & Love Commune, dies. Her \nsister Melodie and their two other housemates are arrested: the group's \nattempts to stop eating and start living on light and love alone appears \nto have been fatal to Elisabeth. From unworldly idealists on the fringes of \nsociety, the three suddenly become suspects in a criminal case. Through the \neyes of the night, the neighbors, doubt, the scent of an orange, and many other \ncharacters and entities, we see how each of those involved gives a different \nanswer to the question of how Elisabeth came to die. Who is to blame? And does \nthe commune still have a future? We Are Light \nis a highly original and entertaining novel about manipulation, vulnerability, \nand trying to be better. \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n