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Re: coupland

> i wrote a grad school paper (partially) on gen x a
> couple of years ago.  i had read it for the first time
> in '92 in undergrad and was completely entralled by
> it.  took several years before i came too the
> conclusion (flawed, most likely), that it is a
> post-modern adaptation of kerouac's *on the road*. 
> (that is not to downplay mr. coupland's particular
> craft, mind you).

Yeah, I can see that.  It's got the same kind of flow to it ...
 
> i don't know -- have a couple of friends who swear by
> *shampoo planet*, even fewer by *microserfs*. 
> coupland lost his appeal for me when he started doing
> mtv commercials back in the day.

I didn't care for Microserfs the first time I read it, I thought he went 
for an easy ending, but I've re-read it a couple times since then and 
been absolutely blown away.  Life After God is simply one of the 
best books ever.

If you want a really interesting read, you should track down a book 
called Brave Souls ... it's a collection of interviews one of the 
religion editors for a Vancouver paper did with a bunch of writers / 
artists / musicians on the topic of spiritual matters.  There's some 
fascinating stuff in there ... Coupland's included as are Bruce 
Cockburn, John Irving, Robertson Davies, Robert Munsch and a 
slew of other excellent people ...

I think Coupland's problem now is that he's started to take his own 
press too seriously and instead of just trying to write a good book 
he's trying to write a Coupland book ... 

Todd.


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