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Polaroids from the dead

Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America--from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead culture to the deaths of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe and the middle class. For years, Coupland'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. Polaroids from the Dead is a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction--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.

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  • "Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America--from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead culture to the deaths of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe and the middle class. For years, Coupland'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. Polaroids from the Dead is a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction--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."@en
  • ""A wide variety of stories and personal 'postcards' about the pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives ... a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction--keen outtakes on life in the late twentieth century, exploring the recent past and a society obsessed with celebrity, crime and death."--Jacket."
  • "Essays over uiteenlopende aspecten van de hedendaagse Amerikaanse samenleving."
  • "Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America -- from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead culture to the deaths of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe and the middle class. For years, Coupland'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. Polaroids from the Dead is a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction -- 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."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Anthologie"

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  • "Polaroids from the dead"
  • "Polaroids from the dead"@en
  • "Polaroids de figuras extintas"
  • "Amerikanische Polaroids"
  • "Polaroider fra de dode"
  • "Polaroids from the Dead"
  • "Polaroids from the Dead"@en
  • "Polaroidy z koncertu"@pl
  • "Polaroidy z koncertu"
  • "Tio noveller"@sv
  • "Polaroider fra De Døde"@da
  • "Polaroids from the dead and other short stories"@en
  • "Polaroids"@es
  • "Polaroids"

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