His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. Personal collection purchased new reason for reading. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller generation x. After that, memory becomes water overflowing into an already full cup. Colin marshall october 5, 2010 books mentioned 9 11 min read. Books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks australian authors kindle books audiobooks. Couplands next novel, all families are psychotic, tells the story of a. Both miss wyoming and couplands next novel, 2001s all families are psychotic, suffer. Adrift in the california desert, the trio develops an ascetic regime of storytelling, boozing, and. Illuminated by a wonderfully gentle, searching wisdom, it sees coupland ascend to a new level of peace and grace in his evermoreextraordinary career. Karen, a single mother waiting for her online date.
Generation a by douglas coupland paperback, 2010 for. In 1991, before the internet, canadian coupland wrote about historical overdosing in his novel generation x to live in a period of time when too much seems to happen. International bestselling author douglas coupland delivers a realtime, fivehour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. He mentions james joyce as being unreadable bilge that gets the emperors new clothes treatment from credulous readers. Douglas coupland is a canadian visual artist, writer, and designer. Independent on sunday in the near future bees are extinct, until five unconnected people around the world in the us, canada, france, new zealand and sri lanka are all stung.
Generation x has been nominated for canada reads 2010. Fiction chronicle novels by douglas coupland, ron cooper. Author douglas couplands complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Douglas coupland s most popular book is generation x. Douglas coupland, zeitgeist chronicler, furniture designer and defender of. Douglas coupland set in the near future world where all bees are extinct when 5 unconnected people from varying parts of world are each stung. Douglas coupland, in full douglas campbell coupland, born dec.
Generation a mirrors couplands debut novel, 1991s generation x. The website of canadian author and artist douglas coupland. In his 2010 cbc massey lectures acclaimed novelist and visual artist douglas coupland explores the modern crises of time, human identity, society, religion and macroeconomics and the afterlife in the form of a novel, a 5hour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. Life after god by douglas coupland nook book ebook. He is a writer and producer, known for jpod 2008, everythings gone green 2006 and all families are psychotic.
His work has been translated into thirtyfive languages and. Douglas coupland is canadian, born on a canadian air force base near baden baden, germany. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Tales for an accelerated culture, and the gum thief, and more on. Top 25 quotes by douglas coupland of 384 az quotes. Douglas coupland s tale of four strangers, holed up in an airport cocktail lounge while the world around them crumbles, has an odd tenderness, says stephanie merritt published.
He has published fourteen novels, two collections of short stories, eight nonfiction books, and a number of dra. This novel, set in a near future when bees are thought to have become extinct, is not a sequel to but rather a thematic wink at douglas couplands 1991 debut, generation x. What is to become of us by douglas coupland and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. His family relocated to canada in the mid1960s, and he grew up in vancouver. In this compellingly innovative collection of stories, bestselling author douglas coupland cuts through the hype of modern living to find a rare grace amid our livesuncovering a new kind of truth for a culture stuck on fastforward.
Though each of these very short tales has its own narrator, the voice never really varies. Mixing the bizarre and the mundane, douglas coupland s novels explore social change and the texture of the times. He is the author of the international bestsellers generation x and jpod, and nine other novels, including the gum thief, hey nostradamus. Tales for an accelerated culture, popularized terms such as mcjob and generation x. This is the monotonic voice brooding over life after god, a book of stories by douglas coupland. Discover book depositorys huge selection of douglas coupland books online. Bit rot is a term used in digital archiving to describe the way digital files can spontaneously and quickly decompose. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Generation a and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. New experiences just dont register in the same way or with the same impact. How ironic that douglas coupland, the man who popularized the term generation x, turns out to be one of the least ironic novelists of his generation. Generation a is set in the near future in a world where bees are extinct, until five unconnected people all around the world in the united states, canada, france, new zealand, and sri lankaare all stung. Douglas coupland oc obc born 1961 is a canadian novelist and artist. Because of this, i believe there are probably different ways of approaching this story from a critical point of view, either as a lecture meant to inform or as a novel meant to entertain. Life after god by douglas coupland overdrive rakuten.
He is the presenter of the 2010 massey lectures, and a companion novel to the. City of glass 2000 updated version 2010 souvenir of canada 2002 school spirit 2002 souvenir of canada 2 2004 terry 2005 extraordinary canadians. His first novel was the 1991 international bestseller generation x. His first novel, generation x, was published in march of 1991. Douglas coupland this is a realtime fivehour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. A thoughtprovoking, bingeworthy new collection of essays, stories, and musings from douglas coupland, bit rot explores the different ways in which twentiethcentury notions of the future are being shredded, and it is a literary gem of the digital age. Vancouver, bc, october 19, 2010 the 27yearold terry fox memorial at bc place will be replaced by a new memorial to be designed by wellknown vancouver artist and author douglas coupland. Douglas coupland the first and only story of love and looming apocalypse set in the aisles of an office supply superstore. Douglas coupland to create new terry fox memorial at bc place october 19 th, 2010. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Books by douglas coupland author of generation x goodreads. Douglas couplands tale of four strangers, holed up in an airport cocktail lounge while the world around them crumbles, has an odd tenderness, says stephanie merritt published. He has published thirteen novels, two collections of short. For the characters thrown together at the toronto airport camelot hotel cocktail lounge in douglas couplands latest novel, its a chance to.
His novels may, on the whole, be loaded with typographical trickery, brand names of the nanosecond, slacking youngsters, and simpsons references, but hes also deep into a suite of timelessly, radically unhip novelistic themes. Douglas coupland books list of books by author douglas. Generation x is douglas couplands classic novel about the generation born in the late 1950s and 1960sa generation known until then simply as twenty somethings. Shop amongst our popular books, including 81, girlfriend in a coma, worst. See all books authored by douglas coupland, including generation x.
Player one is bestselling author, artist, and now clothing designer douglas couplands contribution to the annual cbc massey lectures. The novel popularized the term generation x, and is a framed narrative, in which a group of youths exchange heartfelt stories about themselves and fantastical stories of their creation coupland released the similarly titled generation a in september 2009. Share douglas coupland quotations about feelings, giving and age. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. Close personal friend 1996 september 10 2004 inside the light 2005.
Their experience unites them in ways they could not have imagined. Player one is a novel that douglas coupland wrote as a series of one hour lectures to be given at the cbc massey lectures. Douglas couplands most popular book is generation x. Douglas coupland has surely reserved his place at the top table of north american fiction. Douglas coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in north america from his sweeping portrait of grateful dead culture to the deaths of kurt cobain, marilyn monroe and. Mixing the bizarre and the mundane, douglas couplands novels explore social change and the texture of the times. Eleanor rigby is a tale of loneliness and hope that introduces douglas couplands finest character yet. Generation a mirrors coupland s debut novel, 1991s generation x.
Douglas coupland has 71 books on goodreads with 369 ratings. Douglas coupland launches new line of clothing promising to explore a new way of seeing canada published. Scarlett thomas finds douglas couplands new novel enjoyable if a little familiar. Instead of the traditional series of five lectures, coupland has produced a novel about four characters in crisis, each having taken a leap toward what they hope is a better life. In douglas couplands ingenious new novelsort of a clerks meets whos afraid of virginia woolf we meet roger, a divorced, middleaged aisles associate at staples, condemned to restocking reams of 20lb. Douglas coupland was born on a nato base in germany in 1961. Throughout the past 19 years, canadian author douglas coupland has published over 20 works of fiction and nonfiction.