Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society 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 in no future Mc Jobs in the service industry.
Underemployed, overeducated and intensely private and
unpredicatable, 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-disposible Swedish furniture.
關於作者:
Douglas Coupland studied art and design. He has published nine
novels and several non-fiction books in 35 languages. He has
written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company in
Stratford, England, and in 2001 resumed his practice as a visual
artist, with exhibitions worldwide.