{"product_id":"eurotrash-9781324097082","title":"Eurotrash","description":"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, \u003cem\u003eFaserland\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003cem\u003eEurotrash\u003c\/em\u003e 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 past--particularly his grandfather's strong ties with the Nazi regime--and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By turns disturbing, disorienting, hilarious, and poignant, and brilliantly rendered in English by prize-winning translator Daniel Bowles, \u003cem\u003eEurotrash\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKracht, Christian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eChristian Kracht\u003c\/strong\u003e's books have been translated into more than thirty languages. His novel \u003cem\u003eImperium\u003c\/em\u003e won the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize in 2012. He lives in Zurich with his wife and daughter.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBowles, Daniel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Bowles\u003c\/strong\u003e's translation of \u003cem\u003eImperium\u003c\/em\u003e won the Goethe-Institut's Helen \u0026amp; Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2016. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635458670866,"sku":"9781324097082","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6976b475-5e9f-4eae-ac86-4bd783acce46.jpg?v=1759237237","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/eurotrash-9781324097082","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}