{"product_id":"generation-a-9781439157022","title":"Generation A","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneration A \u003c\/i\u003eis set in the near future in a world where bees are extinct, until five unconnected people all around the world-- in the United States, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka--are all stung.\u003c\/b\u003e Their shared experience unites them in ways they never could have imagined. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneration A \u003c\/i\u003emirrors Coupland's debut novel, 1991's \u003ci\u003eGeneration X\u003c\/i\u003e. It explores new ways of storytelling in a digital world. Like much of Coupland's writing, it occupies the perplexing hinterland between optimism about the future and everyday apocalyptic paranoia. Imaginative, inventive, and fantastically entertaining, \u003ci\u003eGeneration A \u003c\/i\u003eis his most ambitious work to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Coupland is Canadian, born on a Canadian Air Force base near Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1961. In 1965 his family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he continues to live and work. Coupland has studied art and design in Vancouver, Canada, Milan, Italy and Sapporo, Japan. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eGeneration X\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in March of 1991. Since then he has published eleven novels and several non-fiction books in 35 languages and most countries on earth. He has written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, England, and in 2001 resumed his practice as a visual artist, with exhibitions in spaces in North America, Europe, and Asia. 2006 marks the premiere of the feature film Everything's Gone Green, his first story written specifically for the screen and not adapted from any previous work. A TV series (13 one-hour episodes) based on his novel, \"jPod\" premiered on the CBC in January, 2008.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850192785682,"sku":"9781439157022","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9936828a-64a0-4a09-a5a5-1094a6f00511.jpg?v=1737407960","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/generation-a-9781439157022","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}