{"product_id":"eurotrash-hardcover","title":"Eurotrash - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Kracht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Bowles\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.58 x 5.76 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker International Prize (2025)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50340145725677,"sku":"9781324094562","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/bmxDr5JnPS9781324094562.webp?v=1785122775","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/eurotrash-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}