{"product_id":"seven-nights-9781644280515","title":"Seven Nights","description":"It's night time, and a young man sits writing at a table. He's afraid. Afraid of having to decide--on a woman, a group of friends, an annual holiday destination. He's afraid of becoming numb to emotion. Afraid of growing up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut all of that is about to change. When an acquaintance makes him a proposition, our unnamed protagonist is drawn into a scheme where each night at seven o'clock, he must commit one of the seven sins--a task that forces him to decide how far he is truly willing to go in his efforts to stave off habit and ennui and save his own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe most reviewed, discussed, and recommended German language debut of the last decade, \u003ci\u003eSeven Nights\u003c\/i\u003e has earned Simon Strauss praise as \"one of the greatest talents of his generation\" by the Tagesspiegel newspaper and also one of the most controversial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1988 in Berlin, Simon Strauss studied Classics and History in Basel, Politiers, and Cambridge. In 2017 he completed his doctorate at Humboldt University in Berlin with a thesis on \"Conceptions of Roman Society in Theodor Mommsen and Mattias Gelzer.\" He he lines in Frankfurt, where he works as the arts section editor of \u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rare Bird Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856276558098,"sku":"9781644280515","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3f60d3d-2bd7-4a9d-8e05-26d2a1ad1add.jpg?v=1737501726","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seven-nights-9781644280515","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}