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Girlfriend In A Coma

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Girlfriend In A Coma

by Douglas Coupland

Harper Collins Canada | March 15, 1999 | Trade Paperback

Confirming Douglas Coupland as one of the most gifted and important writers of his generation, Girlfriend in a Coma is a moving, darkly comic novel that tells the story of a group of friends moving towards an apocalyptic world. A national bestseller guaranteed to be a successful trade paperback release.
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    Rating: 4/5

    Like the song, right?

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    4 years ago

    This was my first Douglas Coupland novel I had ever read, and I was pretty satisfied. He takes you through the story of a girl named Karen, who knows something is wrong, but is unsure of what. Next thing you know, she is in a coma and you are left seeing things through the eyes of her friends and family and how they cope with life after coma.
    As I was reading, I imagined a certain path that Coupland was trying to right, and it wasn't even close to where the story ended up turning. This book make me continue reading his work.

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    Marissa Pilaszkiewicz

    Thanks for giving me the idea, it sounds good.

    <3Slightly Devious<3

    Girlfriend in a Coma is one of Coupland's more spiritual reads, but still has his sense of humour throughout. The main character, Karen, is having some very confusing and somewhat chilling visions. Before you know it, she's in a coma. For eighteen years. Her high school boyfriend, friends and family are all changed by this event, and are eventually reunited when she comes out of her coma, which is where things really start to go downhill for the world. If I continue, I may end up giving more away than intended.

    Marissa Pilaszkiewicz

    What is Girlfriend in a Coma about?

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    Rating: 3/5

    A different book

    Dana

    6 years ago

    Douglas Coupland certainly does not like to write mainstream books. There were a lot of issues going on at the same time in this book. First loss and grief. Then joyful loving miraculous resumption of life. However by the end of the book the issues became overwhelming and too philosophical for me. Interesting concepts on what Coupland figures we should do with our lives

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    Rating: 5/5

    Awesome Canadian Book!

    Lauren

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    6 years ago

    I stayed up until pretty late last night finishing this book. It is much different from regular Coupland style in the fact that it's a much more serious book with a lot of questions being asked that you still think about after you have finished the book. This book really got me thinking. There are a whole bunch of question you can ask yourself - how would I respond if I were in the same situation as these characters?

    Overall, a fantastic book.

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    Waleska

    Rating: 4/5

    Girlfriend in a Coma

    Waleska

    13 years ago

    This is a fantastic and highly original novel by the Canadian author who defined a generation. It deals with a group of Vancouverites whose teen angst and emptiness only grows as they age, exacerbated by the lengthy coma suffered by one of their best friends. While the novel is decidedly apocalyptic in nature, these characters are forced out of their apathetic existentialism and disillusionment with modern values, or lack thereof. It ends with a very optimistic future. Let us hope it does not take the drastic events of this novel to bring us out of our collective coma.

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From Our Editors

Douglas Coupland really comes out from under the shadow of Generation X with Girlfriend in a Coma. The characters and plot are more fleshed out, more real. The ironic edge is still there and so is the dark comedy as Coupland develops a narrative of a group of friends heading towards their own apocalypse.

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Confirming Douglas Coupland as one of the most gifted and important writers of his generation, Girlfriend in a Coma is a moving, darkly comic novel that tells the story of a group of friends moving towards an apocalyptic world. A national bestseller guaranteed to be a successful trade paperback release.

About the Author

Douglas Coupland was born December 30, 1961 on a Canadian military base in Baden-Soellingen, Germany. He attended Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver in 1984 and he completed a two-year course in Japanese business science in Hawaii in 1986. His career has consisted of writing, sculpting, and editing and he also hosted The Search for Generation X, a PBS documentary, 1991. His work includes Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, Shampoo Planet, Life after God, and Polaroids from the Dead. He has also contributed articles to periodicals, including The New Republic, The New York Times, Wired, and Saturday Night.

Trade Paperback

240 Pages, 5.313 x 8 in

March 15, 1999

Harper Collins Canada

English

Canadian Author


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