by Douglas Coupland · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440650047
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«Planeta Champú» is the contemporary novel by Douglas Coupland, published by Ediciones B in paperback (296 pages, in Spanish).
It narrates the life of Tyler, an ambitious young man who dreams of success and makes a living forging branded products, while cramming his ultramodern room with gadgets. Between his mother, a hippy stuck in the sixties, his aimless girlfriend, and the sudden appearance of Stéphanie, his bubble of consumption and appearances begins to crack.
Original title: 'Shampoo Planet' (1992). Translation by Mariano Antolín Rato. Tiempos Modernos collection.
For fans of Douglas Coupland and his novel 'Generation X', as well as readers of contemporary fiction with humor and social critique.
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.
