{"product_id":"9780007517442","title":"The Kraus Project","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\u003cp\u003eJonathan Franzen: bestseller. Contrarian. One of the greatest novelists working today.\u003c\/p\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\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\u003cp\u003ePainstakingly wrought, strikingly original, ‘The Kraus Project’ is a feast of thought and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Franzen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895274131605,"sku":"9780007517442","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007517442_25536591-1a9a-499a-aa6a-05caae0c7eba.jpg?v=1776888317","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007517442","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}