Die Nacht, Die Lichter by Clemens Meyer

A collection of linked, nocturnal stories set in a former East German city, following a cast of outsiders—drifters, addicts, petty criminals and disillusioned youths—whose lives collide in moments of violence, tenderness and bleak humor; through spare, lyrical prose the book evokes post‑reunification decay, memory and the fragile human connections that persist amid loneliness and longing.