· In All Families are Psychotic, author Douglas Coupland creates a sort of funhouse mirror of what family life is like. Sure, it’s often distorted and even frightening, perhaps, but there remains an element of our own truth staring back at us. Before we establish why Coupland’s fictional examination of family life is worth your time, let’s discuss what this book is about. · "All families are psychotic, so sayeth Douglas Coupland" (Me, just now). OMG guys, I just realized. My parents are divorced. This must mean that I'm going to be a horrible influence on my child. NOT. Ok, so divorce sucks. I'm not gonna lie; however, it's a total misconception that the children of divorced parents are Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. I have no idea what Coupland was hoping to convey in this tumbling, bizarre narrative of family life gone crazy, but it's as if he latched onto the word "psychotic" and never let go. While all families have their quirks, likely none are as nuts as this one he's conjured up. And the idea of that was ultimately funnier than the execution/5().
www.doorway.ru: All Families Are Psychotic () by Coupland, Douglas and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Douglas Coupland, the author whom Tom Wolfe calls "one of the freshest, most exciting voices of the novel today," delivers his tenth book in ten years of writing, with All Families Are Psychotic. Coupland recently has been compared to Jack Kerouac and F. Scott Fitzgerald, yet he is a man firmly grounded in the current era. "All families are psychotic, so sayeth Douglas Coupland" (Me, just now). OMG guys, I just realized. My parents are divorced. This must mean that I'm going to be a horrible influence on my child. NOT. Ok, so divorce sucks. I'm not gonna lie; however, it's a total misconception that the children of divorced parents are.
All Families Are Psychotic is the seventh novel by Douglas Coupland, published in The novel is the fictional story of the dysfunctional Drummond family and their adventures on a trip to see their daughter's space shuttle launch. I have no idea what Coupland was hoping to convey in this tumbling, bizarre narrative of family life gone crazy, but it's as if he latched onto the word "psychotic" and never let go. While all families have their quirks, likely none are as nuts as this one he's conjured up. And the idea of that was ultimately funnier than the execution. Praise for All Families Are Psychotic. " [ All Families Are Psychotic] works because Coupland writes as sweetly and cleanly as a vapour trail." — Elle Canada. " [Douglas Coupland’s] focus is always on the moral implications, on human relationships and feelings.
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