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Started by The Booksmith
Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
Douglas Coupland
Author: The Booksmith
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
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Wanted to let you know about an interesting event at The Booksmith in San Francisco on Friday, March 13 at 7 pm. As F. Scott Fitzgerald defined the Jazz Age - so Douglas Coupland is defining Generation X. Douglas Coupland, famed depicter of late 20th Century pop culture, will be reading from his latest novel, "Girlfriend in a Coma." (The title is borrowed from the sometimes morose, sometimes ironic Britpop band The Smiths.) "Girlfriend in a Coma" (hardback, $24.00) tells the story of a woman, Karen, who goes into a coma in 1979 and remains comatose for 18 years. She awakens into a very different world - the 1990's. "Karen's comas in the book has to do with my life-long obsessionwith comas and their 'time travel' aspect as wellthe viscerally weird story of Karen Ann Quinlan. Comas are really peculiar to the late 20th Century. Before, say, 1960, people who might have gone into a coma simply died. Comas are more modern than plastics or TV. I like the notion that comas can allow a person to radically re-invent themselves upon awakening. I think we all want to do that - radically alter ourselves - I thiink it's our deepest need." Douglas Coupland. Coupland is the acclaimed author of "Generation X," "Shampoo Planet," "Life After God," "Microserfs" and "Polaroids from the Dead." If you can't amke this event and would like to order a signed book, email us at read@booksmith.com or call us toll free at 1-800-493-7323 Douglas Coupland will also be appearing on Sedge Thompson's West Coast Live on Saturday the 14th at 10am Broadcast throughout the Bay Area on KALW (91.7 FM), the show can be heard Saturdays at 10 am and 8 pm. For our many national and international customers, WCL can be heard on public radio stations across the United States and around the world on the United States Armed Forces Network, as well as satelite radio (Galaxy IV satellite, transponder 3) channels 13 (73.1 MHz) and 14 (57.6 MHz) from 10:00 to 11:59 PST. Look for The Booksmith in the lobby of the Cowell Theater (located in San Francisco's historic Fort Mason), where WCL is broadcast before a live audience. We invite you to browse the West Coast Live website and check their schedule of upcoming guests at http://www.wcl.org/schedule.html. -- THE BOOKSMITH An INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE serving San Francisco for 21 years! _____________________________________________________________________ The Booksmith 1644 Haight Street (between Clayton & Cole) San Francisco, California 94117 (800) 493-7323 -- phone toll free in the USA (415) 863-8688 (415) 863-2540 -- fax email: read@booksmith.com website: http://www.booksmith.com/
Re: Douglas Coupland
Author: st. paul's wort
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
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In article <35003F7F.D7DD5BFC@booksmith.com>, The Booksmith <read@booksmith.com> wrote: >As F. Scott Fitzgerald defined the Jazz Age - so Douglas Coupland is >defining Generation X. Feh. Douglas Coupland would define Generation X as well as Michael Crichton defines the Baby Boomers. rone -- The finest day that i ever had Was when i learned to cry on demand
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