About the book: 1989 / Since the early 70s, the famous GDR writer Eric Neutsch has been working on a series of novels "Peace in the East", which should recreate the path of the republic from the first post-war years to the present day. In the novel “When the Lights Go Out,” the action develops in a turning point and dramatic period of the late 50s. Exploring the fate of the young scientist and then journalist Achim Steinhauer, the writer, without embellishment, shows the ways of self-realization of the individual under socialism, reveals the relationship between the political and social situation in society and opportunities for creative personal development. The writer himself believes that his novel is an interpretation of the Faustian theme in modern literature.