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"I'll see you in twenty-five years." Laura Palmer. "Also, ich musste wieder auf ein paar Tage nach Zürich. Es war ganz schrecklich. Aus Nervosität darüber hatte ich mich das gesamte verlängerte Wochenende über so unwohl gefühlt, dass ich unter starker Verstopfung litt. Dazu muss ich sagen, dass ich vor einem Vierteljahrhundert eine Geschichte geschrieben hatte, die ich aus irgendeinem Grund, der mir nun nicht mehr einfällt, 'Faserland' genannt hatte. Es endet in Zürich, sozusagen auf dem Zürichsee, relativ traumatisch."

Realising he and she are the very worst kind of people, a middle-aged man embarks on a dubious road trip through Switzerland with his eighty-year-old mother, recently discharged from a mental institution. Traversing the country in a hired cab, they attempt to give away the wealth she has amassed from investing in the arms industry, but a fortune of such immensity is surprisingly hard to squander. Haunted in different ways by the figure of her father, an ardent supporter of Nazism, mother and son can no longer avoid delving into the darkest truths about their past.

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”. Eurotrash begins in Zurich, where Christian has returned to care for his 80-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.

»En bländande roman, en samtida satir av högsta klass.« Sandra Stiskalo, Dagens Nyheter »Jo, jag måste till Zürich ett par dagar igen. Min mor ville absolut prata med mig. Hon hade ringt och bett mig komma snabbt, det hade varit rätt hemskt på telefon. Och av nervositet över det där...

In The Euro, Nobel Prize-winning economist and best-selling author Joseph E. Stiglitz dismantles the prevailing consensus around what ails Europe, demolishing the champions of austerity while offering a series of plans that can rescue the continent - and the world - from further devastation. Hailed by its architects as a lever that would bring Europe together and promote prosperity, the euro has done the opposite. As Stiglitz persuasively argues, the crises revealed the shortcomings of the euro.

US vs. Europe Pod. We discuss current events, society, politics with snarcasm.

Why should America try to be more like countries that are worse in nearly every way? Europe has been declining under the weight of its antiquated institutions, economic fatigue, moral anemia and cultural surrender. Yet American politicians, technocrats, academics, and pundits argue, with...

In this podcast discusses life in each european country from the native perspective.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Euro: And its Threat to the Future of Europe by Joseph Stiglitz, read by Mike Fitzpatrick. From Nobel Prize-winning economist and best-selling author Joseph Sitglitz, author of Globalization and Its Discontents, this is the essential, audio guide to...

"Jo, altså," begynder jeg, "jeg har faktisk gået og tænkt lidt på at tage til Amsterdam. Kommer lidt væk fra det hele". Nemo løfter sit glas lidt op, og puster ned i den dampenede kaffe. Hans øjne flyder ud. "Seriøst? Hvornår?" Jeg stener over en sort/hvid plakat, der er sat op på væggen lige overfor mig. Den forestiller det kendte billede af det amerikanske flag, der blafrer på månen. Der er malet et rødt A ovenpå. A for anarki. Nyt flag, ny politik, ny verden, står der ved siden af. "Snart, hvad skal vi sige - på fredag?" svarer jeg, da spørgsmålet er trængt ind. "På fredag? Seriøst?" gentager han, og kniber øjnene tænksomt sammen. "Ja, hvorfor ikke?"

'Christian Kracht is the great German-language writer of his generation' Joshua Cohen 'Ever since his era-defining debut, Christian Kracht has enjoyed a reputation as both a cult and a canonical author ... Air is as enigmatic as its title' TLS Two men venture through strange landscapes towards...

Blending economic analysis with political drama, EuroTragedy is a groundbreaking account of the euro's history and tragic consequences. In this vivid and compelling chronicle, Ashoka Mody describes how the euro improbably emerged through a narrow historical window as a flawed compromise wrapped in a false pro-European rhetoric of peace and unity.