Swiss · b. 1966
Christian Kracht writes novels that have made him Switzerland's most controversial literary export. His debut "Faserland" portrayed wealthy German aimlessness in the 1990s; subsequent novels have examined colonialism, fascism, and Swiss complicity with troubling irony. "Eurotrash" earned a 2025 International Booker Prize shortlisting. Kracht's fiction unsettles readers who want to know where he stands, preferring ambiguity to moral clarity.