Books like Generation X by Douglas Coupland
El título lingüístico de la obra, Generation X, refleja la sensación de indefinición que envuelve a toda una generación que, después de la adolescencia, se desplaza a la tercera década de vida sin un rumbo claro. Los protagonistas – Dag, Andy y Claire – son outsiders que, habiendo superado la disconformidad pop, la fiebre posmoderna y la obsesión por el diseño, deciden vivir en un California desierto e improvisan un lenguaje propio para exigir el derecho a no pedir, a no comprar y a no tener expectativas.
Coupland analiza con agudeza las normas sociales y la cultura de consumo a través de esta odisea tragicómica, convirtiéndola en un espejo mordaz de la generación desganada y sin futuro que ha marcado su era.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comic Satire
Authors: Douglas Coupland
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