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Douglas Coupland
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December 30, 1961
in CFB Baden-Söllingen, Germany
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In this interdisciplinary exhibition, landmark Canadian artifacts from the TMC’s collections are integrated with the work of contemporary Canadian artists creating a dialogue of personal and cultural expressions across time and space.
Featuring Amalie Atkins, Douglas Coupland, John Henry Fine Day, Jérôme Fortin, Grant Heaps, Jason McLean, Graeme Patterson, Ruth Scheuing, Michael Snow and Barbar...
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Microserfs
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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
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1991
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Girlfriend in a Coma
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1998
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JPod
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2006
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Hey Nostradamus!: A Novel
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2003
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All Families are Psychotic
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2001
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Life After God
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1994
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Shampoo Planet
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1992
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Eleanor Rigby
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2004
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The Gum Thief
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“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet
― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet
“And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened.”
― Douglas Coupland, Life After God
― Douglas Coupland, Life After God
“I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts.”
― Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief
― Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief
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The Matter With Morris by David Bergen
Player One by Douglas Coupland
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