Generation X - Douglas Coupland

Generation X

Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
1996
Abacus (Verlag)
978-0-349-10839-1 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
Andy, Dag and Claire represent the new generation - Generation X.
Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society beyond their means. Twentysomethings, brought up with divorce, Watergate and Three Mile Island, and scarred by the 80s fallout of yuppies, recession, crack and Ronald Reagan, they represent the new generation- Generation X.
Fiercely suspicious of being lumped together as an advertiser's target market, they have quit dreary careers and cut themselves adrift in the California desert. Unsure of their futures, they immerse themselves in a regime of heavy drinking and working in no future McJobs in the service industry.
Underemployed, overeducated and intensely private and unpredicatable, they have nowhere to direct their anger, no one to assuage their fears, and no culture to replace their anomie. So they tell stories: disturbingly funny tales that reveal their barricaded inner world. A world populated with dead TV shows, 'Elvis moments' and semi-disposible Swedish furniture.

Douglas Coupland studied art and design. He has published nine novels and several non-fiction books in 35 languages. He has written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, England, and in 2001 resumed his practice as a visual artist, with exhibitions worldwide.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.11.1996
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 126 x 196 mm
Gewicht 180 g
Themenwelt Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen • Generation X; Romane/Erzählungen
ISBN-10 0-349-10839-0 / 0349108390
ISBN-13 978-0-349-10839-1 / 9780349108391
Zustand Neuware
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