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This is funny, absurd, tragic, and dramatic, all within a tiny portion of a brief book. I have been loving the parts about the illusion that perfect surroundings- a rough wall, the perfect white- will make us perfect. And I love the surprise fantastical shift to very different surroundings, very different "imperfections," which become a sort of staged house, from the Ursula LeGuin collection.
— Nov 02, 2026 03:58PM
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I have no idea what I am reading, have gone back to reread sections several times, and I sort of love this book.
— Nov 08, 2026 01:54PM
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Nov 03, 2026 12:47AM
KRAAAAAAACHT!!!!
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Meike wrote: "KRAAAAAAACHT!!!!"I have been thinking of you while reading it, Meike. Thanks for the nudge! I doubt I would have happened on this otherwise, and I am really liking it. If this keeps up, I expect Eurotrash is next.
I am not sure I know what the point is, but I am not sure I care. As far as I can tell, this is an answer of sorts to all of those hipsters who fetishize the idea of olden times and make the most mundane things precious. I laughed when our hero designs the interior of a restaurant that serves moss and has one reservation a day. I know someone who waited a year to go to fly to Copenhagen to go to Noma and eat moss and fungus. I thought of him.
Bonnie G. wrote: "Meike wrote: "KRAAAAAAACHT!!!!"I have been thinking of you while reading it, Meike. Thanks for the nudge! I doubt I would have happened on this otherwise, and I am really liking it. If this keeps..."
Hahaha, yes, there's a lot of humor in Kracht's work! "Eurotrash" is great as well, although I feel like a lot is lost for English-language readers because the humor is based on his debut novel, "Faserland", which is not available in an English translation (the narrator in "Eurotrash" is the author of "Faserland", his name is "Christian Kracht", but he's of course not identical with the real person Christian Kracht).
Meike wrote: "Bonnie G. wrote: "Meike wrote: "KRAAAAAAACHT!!!!"I have been thinking of you while reading it, Meike. Thanks for the nudge! I doubt I would have happened on this otherwise, and I am really liking..."
Well, who doesn't like a little autofiction? (I know the answer to that is many people, but I am not one. Autofiction done well pleases me.)