Книга: Coupland D. «Coupland Generation X»

Coupland Generation X

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 at no-future McJobs in the service industry.

Underemployed, overeducated, intensely private and unpredictable, 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-disposable Swedish furniture...

Формат: 125x200

Формат: Мягкая бумажная, 211 стр.

ISBN: 9780349108391

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  • Generation x — Die Generation X bezeichnet als politisches Schlagwort die in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren geborene Generation. Der Begriff geht zurück auf einen 1991 erschienenen Episodenroman des Kanadiers Douglas Coupland (Generation X – Geschichten für eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Génération X — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Generation X. La Génération X désigne, selon la classification de William Strauss et Neil Howe, la génération sociologique des Occidentaux nés entre 1960 et 1979. Cette génération est intercalée entre celle des… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Generation X — [[t]ɛks[/t]] n. soc the generation born in the 1960s and 1970s, esp. in the United States • Etymology: after the novel of the same name (1991) by Douglas Coupland Generation X er, n …   From formal English to slang

  • Coupland — can refer to: Placenames in England Coupland, Cumbria traditionally located in Westmorland Coupland, Northumberland Coupland Castle Placenames in the USA Coupland, Texas People Diana Coupland, an English actress Douglas Coupland is a Canadian… …   Wikipedia

  • Coupland —   [ kuːplənd], Douglas, kanadischer Schriftsteller, * Soellingen 31. 12. 1961; verwertete literarisch in seinem 1991 erschienenen Debütroman »Generation X. Tales for an accelerated culture«, deutsch Generation X. Geschichten für eine immer… …   Universal-Lexikon

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