Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture - Brossura

Coupland, Douglas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349138923 ISBN 13: 9780349138923

Casa editrice: Abacus, 2013

Riassunto

Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society priced 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 . . .

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Descrizione del libro:

The book that defined an era: the seminal tale of disillusioned youth, Generation X is being reissued with a new cover alongside other classic titles from the Abacus list in our 40th Anniversary year

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0349138923
• ISBN 13: 9780349138923
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224