{"product_id":"the-kraus-project","title":"Jonathan Franzen: The Kraus Project [2014] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA great American writer's confrontation with a great European critic - a personal and intellectual awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eKarl Kraus: satirist. Controversialist. Forgotten voice of the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eJonathan Franzen: bestseller. Contrarian. One of the greatest novelists working today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eRecalling 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003ePainstakingly wrought, strikingly original, 'The Kraus Project' is a feast of thought and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Franzen, Jonathan","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47543838081363,"sku":"XV80007517442","price":1.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":46603079844179,"sku":"9780007517442","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/franzen-jonathan-jonathan-franzen-the-kraus-project-2014-paperback-58039855251795.jpg?v=1777483587","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/the-kraus-project","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}