{"product_id":"kraus-project-paperback-2","title":"Kraus Project - Paperback","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\u003eJonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKarl Kraus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA GREAT AMERICAN WRITER'S CONFRONTATION WITH A GREAT EUROPEAN CRITIC-A PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL AWAKENING \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and prophetic writers in Europe: a relentless critic of the popular media's manipulation of reality, the dehumanizing machinery of technology and consumerism, and the jingoistic rhetoric of a fading empire. But even though his followers included Franz Kafka and Walter Benjamin, he remained something of a lonely prophet, and few people today are familiar with his work. Thankfully, Jonathan Franzen is one of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Kraus Project\u003c\/i\u003e, Franzen not only presents his definitive new translations of Kraus but also annotates them spectacularly, with supplementary notes from the Kraus scholar Paul Reitter and the Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann. Kraus was a notoriously cantankerous and difficult author, and in Franzen he has found his match: a novelist unafraid to voice unpopular opinions strongly, a critic capable of untangling Kraus's often dense arguments to reveal their relevance to contemporary America. Interwoven with Franzen's survey of today's cultural and technological landscape is an intensely personal recollection of the author's first year out of college, when he fell in love with Kraus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePainstakingly wrought, strikingly original in form, \u003ci\u003eThe Kraus Project\u003c\/i\u003e is a feast of thought, passion, and literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eFarther Away\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe End of the End of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334542180601,"sku":"9781250056030","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/yjVX_6MTtD9781250056030_764e2962-3fe7-480a-bd5e-2cc868ad83e4.webp?v=1769649157","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/kraus-project-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}