{"product_id":"the-principles-of-life-on-black-friday-chronicle-of-emotions-notebook-1-9781803092249","title":"The Principles of Life on Black Friday: Chronicle of Emotions, Notebook 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eA highly readable and lighthearted, yet intellectual-stimulating exploration of the modern human condition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume concerns itself with the question of time, from the description of a brief fragment passing by in a matter of minutes to stories of the unexpected stock-market crash of 1929, a once-in-a-century event that Europeans call 'Black Friday' because Wall Street's collapse reached the Old World one day later. Through this exploration of time, Kluge ponders some fundamental questions not altered by the passing of time: What can I trust? How can I protect myself? What should I be afraid of? Our age today has achieved a new kind of obscurity. We've encountered a pandemic. We've witnessed the Capitol riots. We see before us inflation, war, and a burning planet. We gaze at the world with suspense. What we need in our lives is orientation--just like ships that navigate the high seas. We might just find that in Kluge's vignettes and stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Kluge\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the major German fiction writers of the late twentieth century and an important social critic. As a filmmaker, he is credited with the launch of the New German Cinema movement. \u003cb\u003eMartin Chalmers \u003c\/b\u003e(1948-2014) was a Berlin-based translator from Glasgow. He translated some of the best-known German-language writers, including Herta Müller, Elfriede Jelinek, and Hans Magnus Enzensberger. \u003cb\u003eRichard Langston\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of German literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDark Matter: A Guide to Alexander Kluge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Oskar Negt\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eDifference and Orientation: An Alexander Kluge Reader, \u003c\/i\u003e and the lead translator of Kluge and Oskar Negt's \u003ci\u003eHistory and Obstinacy.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454240854290,"sku":"9781803092249","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_770b6667-00d1-4536-a444-be89c5671a4c.jpg?v=1729863554","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-principles-of-life-on-black-friday-chronicle-of-emotions-notebook-1-9781803092249","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}