Though his bestselling novels are in print in some 30 countries around the world, Coupland's accomplishments as a visual artist are less well-known. This book, which features his evocative still lifes and found objects, speaks to this notable parallel career. Coupland writes about Canada in a way no one else has - with prescient observations, and the uncanny ability to explain a culture by sorting through its detritus. Featuring contemporary design and 50 colour photos, Souvenir of Canada is a smart and darkly whimsical ...
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Though his bestselling novels are in print in some 30 countries around the world, Coupland's accomplishments as a visual artist are less well-known. This book, which features his evocative still lifes and found objects, speaks to this notable parallel career. Coupland writes about Canada in a way no one else has - with prescient observations, and the uncanny ability to explain a culture by sorting through its detritus. Featuring contemporary design and 50 colour photos, Souvenir of Canada is a smart and darkly whimsical gift book; its complex nostalgia will resonate with anyone who has traveled to, or lived in, Canada.
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Fine. Book. ***Inscribed by Author*** Volume 1 of a treatise on Canada & Canadian culture. A personal X-ray of Canada and an explanation to non-Canadians of uniquely Canadian things. The author is a British Columbia, multi-award winning, best-selling novelist, writer & artist. Glossy white pictorial covers with french flaps. Large 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 144 pages with colour & B&W photos. INSCRIBED in pencil by author (can be erased).
