{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324097082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192","brand":"Christian Kracht","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495091765429,"sku":"9781324097082","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4229eb34-88d5-40a9-a352-0b34cbb8ed3f.jpg?v=1754974011","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/eurotrash-9781324097082","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}