by Douglas Coupland · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007162529
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«Eleanor Rigby» is the novel by Douglas Coupland, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (274 pages, in English).
The protagonist, Liz Dunn, 42, has accepted loneliness as a way of life. In 1997, with the Hale-Bopp comet in the sky, an urgent call takes her to a hospital, where a young stranger will change her existence. The novel explores with irony and warmth loneliness, hope, and unexpected bonds.
Originally published on May 23, 2005.
A read for those seeking warm, ironic contemporary fiction about loneliness and life-changing encounters.
Douglas Coupland is a Canadian visual artist and writer. Trained originally as a sculptor, Coupland found unexpected success as a novelist with the publication of his 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which popularized the terms Generation X and McJob. He has since gone on to publish dozens of books, including novels, short story collections, and essay collections. He has also worked as a columnist and contributor for a number of periodicals, including the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian, and Wired Magazine.
