The Kraus Project
The Kraus Project
Jonathan Franzen
A great American writer’s confrontation with a great European critic – a personal and intellectual awakening.
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A great American writer’s confrontation with a great European critic – a personal and intellectual awakening.
Karl Kraus: satirist. Controversialist. Forgotten voice of the early twentieth century.
Jonathan Franzen: bestseller. Contrarian. One of the greatest novelists working today.
Recalling his student days, the celebrated author of ‘The Corrections’ and ‘Freedom’ recounts his discovery of Kraus and presents his own translations and annotations of the philosopher’s most famous essays.
A pioneer of self-publishing, Kraus brilliantly attacked the mass media and the dehumanizing machinery of technology and capitalism. A notoriously difficult writer, Kraus has met his match in Franzen: a popular novelist unafraid to voice unpopular opinions. In the extensive footnotes Franzen explains why Kraus is relevant today – while also revealing his own intellectual and personal preoccupations.
Painstakingly wrought, strikingly original, ‘The Kraus Project’ is a feast of thought and literature.
Product Description
Title - The Kraus Project
Edition -
Author - Jonathan Franzen
ISBN 13 - 9780007517442
Imprint - Fourth Estate Ltd
Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published - 28/08/2014
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 25mm
Weight - 310 g
Languages - English