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Christian Kracht

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About Me

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My Interests

Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten

I'd like to meet:

"The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter" -AC

Music:

http://www.thegreatpyramid.org

Television:

A depressing afternoon spent burning Old Master paintings in preparation for the new Wealth Tax. I felt sad about the two Canalettos which used to hang on either side of the fireplace in the Blue Drawing-Room, but I think I shall miss Boucher's "Diane a la chasse avec Apollon" from the old music room most of all. Eckhart still ought to go on television!

Books:

Lesetournee / Book reading tour 2008
Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten
6.10.08 Köln - Literaturhaus Köln, 20:00 h
7.10.08 Berlin - Literarisches Colloquium, 20:00 h
8.10.08 Hamburg - Buchhandlung Felix Jud, 19:30 h
9.10.08 München - Literaturhaus München, 20:00 h
10.10.08 Zürich - Cabaret Voltaire, 20:00 h
11.10.08 Zürich - Cabaret Voltaire, 20:00 h
13.10.08 Düsseldorf - Zakk, 20:00 h
14.10.08 Warstein - Buchhandlung Dust, 20:00 h
17.10.08 Heidelberg - Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, 20:00 h
20.10.08 Mainz - Literaturbüro Mainz, 20:00 h
21.10.08 Karlsruhe - Stephanus Buchhandlung, 20:00 h
22.10.08 Stuttgart - Literaturhaus Stuttgart, 20:00 h
23.10.08 Bremen - Junges Theater Bremen - Schwankhalle, 20:00 h
24.10.08 Berlin - Deutsches Theater, 20:00 h
25.10.08 Leipzig - Galerie Bothe & Rillert, 20:00 h
26.10.08 Göttingen - Literaturfestival, 17:00 h
30.10.08 Basel - Kleines Literaturhaus, 19:30 h
31.10.08 Bern - Sous Soul , 21:00 h

Heroes:

My wife

My Blog

Yves Saint Laurent is now omnipresent

R.I.P. Yves Saint Laurent. Eckhart and I went to Morocco, yadda, yadda, yadda. It was, like, just the usual tedious & prententious fashion garbage, so I..ll spare you the details this time around. We ...
Posted by Christian Kracht on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:23:00 PST

Sidney Pollack is now omnipresent

Eckhart & I visited Sidney Pollack on the set of "Out of Africa" & he had us thrown out after a couple of days. There is a small scene with us in it however you need to watch it very closely it is onl...
Posted by Christian Kracht on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:38:00 PST

Albert Hofmann is now omnipresent

Eckhart and I went to his home in Basel to pay our respects on the occasion of his 100th birthday a couple of years ago, and then neglected to write about this for Der Freund magazine, out of laziness...
Posted by Christian Kracht on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:20:00 PST

Arthur C. Clarke is now omnipresent

Eckhart and I visited him once in Sri Lanka - he had not been feeling well but he was kind and gracious and asked us in for tea, which his attractive houseboy made out of Liptons tea bags instead of r...
Posted by Christian Kracht on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:04:00 PST

Maharishi is now omnipresent!

May Heaven on Earth dawn totally for all Beings on Earth & His Teachings he received from His Guru Dewa Brahmananda Saraswati Maharaj Jagad Guru Shri Shankaracharya of Jyothir Math blossoms in every s...
Posted by Christian Kracht on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:46:00 PST