A jaded journalist takes his spiky mother and her ill-gotten wealth on a road trip in this tragicomic and absurd semi-autobiographical novel
Christian Kracht
Christian Kracht is a Swiss novelist whose work has been translated into 30 languages. He lives in Zurich
Born in Bern, Kracht is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College in New York. His novels include Faserland, 1979, Imperium - which was the recipient of the Wilhelm Raabe literature prize, and one of Publisher’s Weekly ten best books of 2015 - and, most recently, The Dead, which won the Swiss Book Prize and the Hermann Hesse Award. Kracht worked as a journalist for a number of magazines and newspapers in Germany, including Der Spiegel; as well as a travel writer and scriptwriter. His work has been adapted for both stage and screen. The English-language translation of his novel Eurotrash was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025.
The bitterly funny account of a writer driving his crotchety, senile mother through the landscape outside Zurich. One of the most entertaining and moving stories we read
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