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Douglas Coupland: an insight

So after a total age I finally finished Coupland’s Girlfriend in a Coma today (worth a read but be prepared, the end gets whack). Anyway, Harper Perennial the publishers have this cool addition to all his works where they give … Continue reading

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A Generation X reading of Dangerous Liaisons

Two radically different novels, written over two centuries apart. And yet I found a commonality yesterday that I felt was worth sharing. In Helen Constantine‘s introduction to the Penguin Classics edition of Laclos‘ most notorious and celebrated work, she touches … Continue reading

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Generation X

[Claire]: Either our lives become stories, or there’s just no way to get through them. - Generation X How I managed to get through university studying literature – including a course on 20th Century works – and not read Douglas Coupland’s … Continue reading

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