Pros: A compelling anthology of short stories by my favorite contemporary author Cons: World-weary cynicism (which is eventually overcome)
Douglas Coupland is my favorite contemporary author. The master who wrote "Generation X," "Microserfs," and "Girlfriend in a Coma" has been my favorite author for the last six years or so, when a friend introduced me to his work.
Pros: A book that changes the way you look at life, maybe without you knowing it Cons: Easy to overlook because of its simplicity. Don't breeze through it.
There are two kinds of books that I like to read; one being the disposable kind that are entertaining and soon forgotten and the other being one that makes you think and examine yourself. Life After God is of the latter category, a collection of ...
Pros: light reading for heavy thinking Cons: heavy thinking for light reading
.emotion meter. *****
.the first time. on my first trip to Vancouver. all the references to real van locations made me feel like i was inside the book, and reminded me that although this is technically fiction, it's a reflection of...
Pros: lots of great thoughts and insights Cons: too short
"Life After God" is a collection of short stories and pieces that seem to sort of tie together in plot and character, but each piece can stand well on its own. The main character in each story seems to be the same person at different points in...
All right. Im a baby boomer and have difficulty with post-modern thinking. So while I enjoyed this rather depressing little book, it leaves me with more questions than answers, which is perhaps the point. Basically a collection of little stories, the...
Pros: Compact Narrative expressing complex ideas on life and Religion Cons: Not for the literal reader!
Coupland in this book attempts to recreate the experience of creating a religion from today's comptemporary world. Without any previous religious trappings the central figure in the book is forced to comfront the modern day world. For all of its...
Hardcover, Generation A Literary Fiction - Now you young twerps want a new name for your generation? Probably not, you just want jobs, right? Well, the media do us all such t...
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