Douglas Coupland
Father of the Generation X
Douglas Coupland is the leading author of the Generation X. It was his first novel Generation X, which coined the name for an entire generation. Since the first book was published 1991, he has written three more books and each of them have surprised their readers. Shampoo Planet was really funny, Life After God was totally stange and his newest novel Microserfs is probably his best book yet.
Coupland was born on December 30. 1961, on Canadian NATO base in Baden-Sällingen, Germany. His family moved back to Vancouver when he was four years old. He was raised in Vancouver and still resides there. Before starting to write his novels Coupland attented Emily Carr College of Art and design in Vancouver and took two-year course in Japanese business science in Sapporo, Japan. He did quite good as a sculptor and had a solo show at the Vancouver Art Gallery at age of 26.
Some General Coupland Links:
The Coupland File
Most likely the best and the most comprehensive web-pages on Douglas Coupland. This site has made it to top 5% on Point Survey's collection.
A Hotel in San Felipe An other comprehensive site, but loads quickly, because it graphics are kept to minimum.
Douglas Coupland in UK Coupland pages based in UK. Contains quite interesting links to some British reviews.
The "official" Canadian page Naturally the Vancouver's own boy must also be presented by the National Library of Canada. Nothing fancy, but still informative.
Interviews with the Author:
Interview by Alexander Laurence Find out what Coupland thinks of Information Superhighway, religion, drugs and other stuff.
Interview by The Idler A meaningful conversation about toilet paper and ...
Interview by Riot Ukes A fanzine for ukulele enthusiasts interviews the author of Generation X. This is just what we needed...
Audio interview by Realtime Realtime audio interview for your pleasure if yuo got the proper hard/software.
Douglas Coupland's Novels:
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