Lüscher, Jonas
Kraft: A Novel
- ISBN 13:
- 9781250800282
- author:
- Lüscher, Jonas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- St Martin's Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 14 x 1.3 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Richard Kraft's life is in shambles - he's unhappily married, deeply in debt, and struggling to find meaning. When he's invited to participate in a high-stakes competition sponsored by a Silicon Valley tycoon, he sees an opportunity to turn his life around with a prize of $1 million. The catch: he must deliver an 18-minute lecture on why the world is still the best possible place, despite all evidence to the contrary. As Kraft embarks on his journey to California, he finds himself in a surreal landscape where neoliberal arrogance and techno-optimism reign supreme. With each step, his life falls further apart, but the promise of the prize money keeps him going. Can he justify the world's flaws and find a way to improve it through technology? Or will he be forced to confront the reality of his own desperation? Jonas Lüscher's novel Kraft is a darkly comedic exploration of one man's struggle to come to terms with his place in the world.
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