Douglas Coupland, Life After God

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Life After God

, the third book by Canadian writer and visual artist Douglas Coupland, is a collection of eight short stories. More than twenty years after its publication, it continues to be among his most read and studied works. Reviews of his subsequent writing almost inevitably look back to

Life After God

—and to his other early works, particularly

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

—and see this period as his most productive and important thus far.

Life After God received almost entirely negative reviews from critics upon publication and, initially, little scholarly attention. In the intervening years, however, it has become one of the two out of his nearly twenty books to have attracted the most attention from scholars.

Life After God

received almost entirely negative…

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Citation: Roberts, Lorne. "Life After God". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 February 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35848, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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