The story of one family piecing itself back together after a tragic highschool shooting, hey nostradamus. Certainly there is no attempt at psychological insight into the killers motives, and the most developed relationshipsthose between jason and cheryl, and jason and regseem to have little to do with each other. Douglas coupland, signed abebooks passion for books. It doesnt have the operatic heft of all families are psychotic or the poppin fresh teen spirit of such earlier works as microserfs. As a matter of course i rarely reread a book, but i may make an exception in the case of hey nostradamus. Dont read it if you like your loose ends tied in scoutstyle knots. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more. This book touches upon many different aspects of life, ranging from tragedy, false accusations, religious fanatics and hypocrites. See all books authored by douglas coupland, including generation x. Douglas coupland is the author of the novels generation x, miss wyoming, and most recently all families are psychotic, among others, as well as the nonfiction works life after god and polaroids from the dead. Books fiction i am aware that there is a world out there that functions without regard to me. And i think its well worth keeping tabs on him along the way. Ive read all of couplands books, and theyre all astounding in their own way with the exception of elanor rigby, ugh.
Books by douglas coupland authors like douglas coupland what should i read next register for free to build your own book lists. Its among couplands most serious efforts, yet his intent is not entirely clear. Hey nostradamus is an instance of entirely unredeemed original sin, an example of writing because one can write with nothing much to write about. Couplands latest novel is by far the best of his later books. Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just. Set in suburban canada between the late 1980s and now, each of couplands four sections here is narrated by a person in some way affected by a 1988 columbinelike massacre. He followed that with a sequence of evermore daring and inventive novels, including life after god, girlfriend in a coma and hey nostradamus.
Books by douglas coupland authors like douglas coupland. Douglas coupland first came to prominence as the author of generation x 1995. He is the author of the novels miss wyoming, generation x, and girlfriend in a coma, among others, as well as the nonfiction works life after god and p. Pregnant and secretly married, cheryl anway scribbles what becomes her last will and testament on a school binder shortl. Login register for bookmarks and favorites home series archive. Hey nostradamus, hast du was hier passierte prophezeit. Tales for an accelerated culture, and the gum thief, and more on. I havent read all of couplands work, but i had a go at both of the novels that preceded hey. Yet his new novel seems curiously and uncharacteristically blunt. Discover audiobooks audible originals best sellers. His target here couplands work doesnt so much have themes as targets is. Douglas coupland audio books, best sellers, author bio.
A high school shooting reminiscent of the columbine massacre sets the plot in motion for douglas couplands hey nostradamus. There is a pregnant young woman inside the vancouver high school. Douglas coupland, the prophet of generation x, has reached a new philosophical awareness in hey nostradamus. I have been a devout reader of douglas couplands work and have been disappointed with basically everything since microserfs. What i want to address here is the awesome quality of this reading. Coupland has long been a genre unto himself, and his latest novel fits the familiar template. Coupland has a rare ability to tell a story that should be depressing but instead manages to make it so much more.
Its really no accident when novels become international bestsellers. Ive read it twice, and each time its a new, magical experience. Mixing the bizarre and the mundane, douglas couplands novels explore social change and the texture of the times. Coupland always delivers wellwritten books that are deserving of the readers time and money. I especially enjoyed the multiple character approach to telling the story, it makes the book wellrounded. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early. Douglas coupland oc obc born 1961 is a canadian novelist and artist. Browse douglas couplands bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world. In 1991, before the internet, canadian coupland wrote about historical overdosing in his novel generation x to live in a period of time when too much seems to happen. As he commented in one interview, what i do know is that there are certain feelings you can create within yourself and within someone engaging with what youve done that you can only get from looking at.
He is the author of the novels miss wyoming, generation x, microserfs, and girlfriend in a coma, among others. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2003, and was written by douglas coupland. Hey nostradamus a novel coupland, douglas douglas coupland on. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. It centres on a 1988 high school massacre, in which a.
The website of canadian author and artist douglas coupland. That being said, let me just say that, in my opinion, this is the best novel ive ever read. It is alarming that an account of a highschool massacre is at the centre of douglas couplands latest novel. A quartet of monologues about the aftermath of a highschool mass shooting. Its central event is a columbinestyle school shooting. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. There are wars and budgets and bombings and vast dimensions of wealth and greed and ambition and corruption. Ive read all of couplands books, and theyre all astounding in their own way with the exception of elanor rigby, ugh, buy hey nostradamus. If anything, coupland is again offering us a work of historical seismology the novel resembles girlfriend in a coma in its determination to chart the aftershocks of longago upheavals.
Im at risk of sounding like a cliched critic, but screw it. Jealousy is the worst, and by far the hardest to conceal. Coupland s latest novel is by far the best of his later books. Douglas coupland may steal your soul, but he feels badly about it the first narrator in hey nostradamus. I have been a devout reader of douglas coupland s work and have been disappointed with basically everything since microserfs. Douglas coupland is an amazing writer and hey nostradamus. The main characters of this fiction, cultural story are. It was first published by random house of canada in 2003. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 244 pages and is available in paperback format.
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