{"product_id":"9781911420149","title":"Everything There Was","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world has ended. What now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne Sunday, eight people gather at a school to record a television programme. But the show is never made, because the end of the world has arrived. The authorities order all windows, doors and curtains to be closed. And stay closed. They hear nothing more for days, then weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough the eyes of TV editor Merel, a young woman, we see the group trying to survive in a new world, a world of darkness and isolation, of sleeping on gym mats and living on ten grains of rice a day. The survivors play cards, talk about their past, sleep together: anything to pass the time until their rescue. As food supplies dwindle, tensions mount. And when will the authorities arrive?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt once arresting, original and richly entertaining, \u003cem\u003eEverything There Was\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping and disorientating novel that will enthrall readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHanna Bervoets\u003c\/strong\u003e writes novels, columns and scripts. Her columns for \u003cem\u003eVolkskrant Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, collected in \u003cem\u003eThat’s Nice, Bye\u003c\/em\u003e, are hugely popular in the Netherlands. Bervoets won the 2009 Debutant of the Year Award for her first novel \u003cem\u003eOr, How, Why\u003c\/em\u003e. Its follow-up, \u003cem\u003eDear Céline\u003c\/em\u003e, was awarded the 2012 Opzij Literature Prize.\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Everything There Was\u003cp\u003e‘An eye-opening novel that takes a fresh look at everything we’re taking for granted’ \u003cem\u003eOpzij\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘This book grabs you by the throat’ \u003cem\u003enu.nl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘One truly clever novel’ \u003cem\u003eDe Groene Amsterdammer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darkwater Syndicate, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175710638320,"sku":"9781911420149","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911420149_p0.jpg?v=1763630853","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911420149","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}