{"product_id":"krank-fuss-9781923099814","title":"Krank Fuss","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten for his unborn daughter on a smallholding in Nazi Germany just before the war, Krank Fuss ('sick foot'), tells the story of one of a brood of chickens recently acquired by a WWI veteran from a neighbouring farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for his unborn daughter on a smallholding in Nazi Germany just before the war, \u003ci\u003eKrank Fuss\u003c\/i\u003e ('sick foot'), tells the story of one of a brood of chickens recently acquired by a WWI veteran from a neighbouring farm. Ostracised because of her deformed limb, Krank Fuss befriends Gibby, a toad who considers themself a frog, and together they explore the world of the farm around them. Over the course of the tale, she learns the biggest dangers are never as bad as she imagined, and that even though she has no say in the conditions of her life, she must still make decisions and those decisions matter because terrible cruelty and violence are much closer than she had thought possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart allegory in the spirit of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, part Art Brut parable, \u003ci\u003eKrank Fuss\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds against the background of an impending social catastrophe, unsettlingly echoing the world today. It is the story of the innocent discovering the cruelty of the natural world, seeking for another way that might allow the delicate Wonder of Life to peak above the nastiness, brutishness and brevity of her apparent Fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781923099814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 01 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Puncher and Wattmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Glebe, NSW, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21(H)x14.8(L)x0.8(W)180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 180\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Upton\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Sydney in 1966, the youngest of three children to John, a former navigator in Mosquitoes with the RAF during WWII and later a G.P., and Patty, an Australian-born woman of Irish descent. He has written a couple of plays (\u003ci\u003eHanging Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRiflemind\u003c\/i\u003e) and many adaptations of the classics (\u003ci\u003eHedda Gabler, Cyrano De Bergerac, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e amongst them) He was Co-Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company for eight years with his wife Cate Blanchett. They currently live in the UK with their four children, three dogs, two cats, endless chickens and occasional pigs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Andrew Upton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48852124565721,"sku":"9781923099814","price":32.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781923099814.jpg?v=1782390705","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/krank-fuss-9781923099814","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}