Eurotrash

A Novel

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Autor:

Christian Kracht

Eurotrash

Beschreibung:

A probing masterpiece-in-miniature of self-reflection and cultural reckoning. The Times [UK] • 12 Best Books of 2024 Financial Times • Best Books of 2024 [Fiction in Translation] A Vanity Fair "Can't Miss Novel to Read" Literary Hub • Best Book Covers of October 2024

From the great German-language writer of his generation (Joshua Cohen) comes the second novel of Christian Kracht's career narrated by an eponymous Christian (the first was his bestselling debut, Faserland). Eurotrash begins in Zurich, where Christian has returned to care for his eighty-year-old mother after her discharge from a psychiatric institution. Confronting the dark shadows of his family's pastparticularly his grandfather's strong ties with the Nazi regimeand struggling to navigate the emotionally wrenching terrain of his relationship with his mother, he sets off on a road trip with her. As they traverse Switzerland together in a hired cab, mother and son attempt to give away her vast fortune, stuffed in a large plastic bag, to random strangers. By turns disturbing, disorienting, hilarious, and poignant, and brilliantly rendered in English by prize-winning translator Daniel Bowles, Eurotrash tells an intensely personal and unsparingly critical story of contemporary culture; a story that shows us a writer at the pinnacle of his powers of insight and observation.

Kategorie:

Fremdsprachige eBooks

Verlag:

Liveright

Sprache:

Englisch

Anzahl Seiten:

192

Erscheinungstag:

2024-10-22

EAN:

9781324094579

ISBN:

978-1-324-09457-9