Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture - Brossura

Coupland, Douglas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349142599 ISBN 13: 9780349142593

Casa editrice: Abacus, 2017

Riassunto

Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society 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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Recensione:

A new age J.D Sallinger on smart drugs. (TIME OUT **)

Dizzying sparkle and originality. (THE TIMES, **)

Quirky, witty, with an affection for its characters which lifts it above the level of such as Bret Easton Ellis's 'Less than Zero. (MAIL ON SUNDAY **)

A Landmark book. (DAILY TELEGRAPH **)

Descrizione del libro:

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Douglas Coupland's classic.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0349142599
• ISBN 13: 9780349142593
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224