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<p><P>Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America &#151; from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead culture to the deaths of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe and the middle class.<P> For years, Coupland&#39;s razor-sharp insights into what it means to be human in an age of technology have garnered the highest praise from fans and critics alike. At last, Coupland has assembled a wide variety of stories and personal "postcards" about pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives. <i>Polaroids from the Dead</i>&#160; is a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction &#151; keen outtakes on life in the late 20th century, exploring the recent past and a society obsessed with celebrity, crime and death. Princess Diana, Nicole Brown Simpson and Madonna are but some of the people scrutinized.</p><h3>Charles Taylor</h3><p><P>Truman Capote dismissed Jack Kerouac's writing as mere "typing." What would he have called Douglas Coupland's? Typesetting, probably. Or maybe art design. Coupland's new book of essays, <i>Polaroids from the Dead</i>, comes in a micro coffee-table size,

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Author

Douglas Coupland

Publisher

Harper Perennials ReganBooks

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060987213

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Science, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.25 / 5 (2,582 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14