by Douglas Coupland · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349103310
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«Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture» is Douglas Coupland's novel published by Little Brown & Co in paperback (183 pages, in English).
The novel follows three twenty-somethings who, fed up with unfulfilling jobs and the consumerism of the nineties, settle in Palm Springs, California. Between short stories and conversations, the satirical narrative reflects on alienation, the search for identity, and the difficulty of finding authentic meaning in contemporary life.
This edition was published in 1992. The work falls within contemporary literary fiction and is classified under Literature and Fiction.
For readers interested in narrative with social satire and generational portraits.
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.
