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It is couplands most famous novel, partially due to the fact that it spawned the term generation x. Douglas coupland three twentysomething young adults, working at lowpaying, nofuture jobs, tell one another modern tales of love and death. Douglas coupland oc obc born 1961 is a canadian novelist and artist. Andy, claire, and dag, each in their twenties, have quit pointless jobs done grudgingly to little applause in their respective hometowns and cut themselves adrift on the california desert. Tales for an accelerated culture, which introduced terms such as mcjob and generation x to the. The website of canadian author and artist douglas coupland. Tales for an accelerated culture link read online download. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 211 pages and is available in paperback format. Generation x is douglas coupland s classic novel about the generation born in the late 1950s and 1960sa generation known until then simply as twenty somethings. 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.
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T he disaffection of the middle class is a common subject for contemporary writers. In 1965 his family moved to vancouver, canada, where he continues to live and work. Fiercely suspicious of being lumped together as an. Tales for an accelerated culture, published in 1991, is the first novel by douglas coupland. Canadian novelist douglas couplands first novel was the international bestseller generation x. Mile island, and scarred by the 80s fallout of yuppies. Tales for an accelerated culture, which introduced. Tales for an accelerated culture written by douglas coupland which was published. Depicting those born in the early sixties as inevitably becoming either brainwashed or marginalised during the materialistic nineties, they have. Generation x the book, tales for an accelerated culture. Generation x should feel datedits title is no longer a part of the zeitgeist, and the generation it defined has been irrevocably changed. He has published thirteen novels, two collections of short.
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