Douglas Coupland

Microserfs, published by HarperCollins in 1995, is an epistolary novel by Douglas Coupland. It first appeared in short story form as the cover article for the January 1994 issue of Wired magazine and was subsequently expanded to full novel length. Set in the early 1990s, it captures the state of the technology …

Generation X: Tales for en Accelerated Culture er Douglas Couplands debutroman. Udtrykket ”Generation X”, som romanen gjorde berømt, henviser til amerikanerne og canadierne, der havde nået voksenalderen i slutningen af 1980'erne. Dette udtryk kom til at blive brugt i vidt forskellige sammenhænge, og snart blev alle …

JPod is a novel by Douglas Coupland published by Random House of Canada in 2006. Set in 2005, the book explores the strange and unconventional everyday life of the main character, Ethan Jarlewski, and his team of video game programmers whose last names all begin with the letter 'J'. JPod was adopted as a CBC …

Kæreste i Koma er en roman af den canadiske forfatter Douglas Coupland. Bogen, der blev udgivet i 1998, fortæller historien om en gruppe venner, der vokser op i Vancouver, British Columbia i Canada i slutningen af 1970'erne. En aften ved en fest falder en af hovedpersonerne, Karen, i koma. Det viser sig at hun måske …

The most disastrous family reunion in the history of fiction.The Drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near Cape Canaveral to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. Against the Technicolor unreality of Florida's finest tourist attractions, the Drummonds …

Hej Nostradamus! er en roman af Douglas Coupland hvis omdrejningspunkt er et fiktivt skoleskyderi i en forstad til Vancouver, Canada i 1988 og det der følger efter af sorg og ensomhed. Bogen, der blev udgivet i 2003, er Couplands mest kritikerroste udgivelse og indeholder fire forskellige førstepersonsfortællinger fra …

We are the first generation raised without God. We are creatures with strong religious impulses, yet they have nowhere to flow in this world of malls and TV, Kraft dinners and jets. How do we cope with loneliness? Anxiety? The collapse of relationships? How do we reach the quiet, safe layer of our lives? In this …

Shampoo Planet is Douglas Coupland's second novel, published by Pocket Books in 1992. It is a thematic followup to Coupland's first novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. The novel deals with Tyler, a Global Teen, who shares many characteristics of the character Tyler from Generation X, the younger …

"Heartwarming…Coupland has a canny take on everything, and his one-liners zing."--PeopleEleanor Rigby is the story of Liz, a self-described drab, overweight, crabby, and friendless middle-aged woman, and her unlikely reunion with the charming and strange son she gave up for adoption. His arrival changes everything, …

Miss Wyoming er en roman af Douglas Coupland. Det blev første gang udgivet af Random House of Canada i januar 2000. Romanen følger to hovedpersoner, Susan Colgate, og John Johnson, en tidligere handling filmproducent. Hvor begge karakterer oplevede succes tidligt i deres liv, er de ude i personlige og professionelle …