The Kraus Project

Franzen presents his definitive new translations of Kraus and annotates them spectacularly, with supplementary notes from Kraus scholar Paul Reitter. Kraus was a cantankerous and difficult author, and in Franzen he has found his match: a novelist unafraid to voice unpopular opinions strongly, a critic capable of untangling Krauss often dense arguments to reveal their relevance to contemporary readers.