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Souvenir of Canada 2

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Douglas Coupland returns to re-inventing Canada following his best-seller that made it clear, Canada is way more than slightly cool.

Douglas Coupland gets Canada. Better, he has set out to re-invent his country with his particular brand of insight, humor, and visual acuity.

Souvenir of Canada created a sensation when it was first published, dominating Canada’s best-seller lists for months, and made the front pages of every major Canadian newspaper. Eh?

Souvenir of Canada 2 picks up where its predecessor left off. As with the best jazz, the riffs are fresh, never quite predictable, and full of delicious rhythm and subtle humor. This book is packed full of powerfully resonant images, and unexpected juxtapositions, that reveal a new Canada, one at home in a new century. No lighthouses, grain elevators, or teepees here.

In addition to his trademark visual revelations, Coupland has created new works of art & design specifically for the book which further evoke the Canadian identity: quilts and cabinets and lamps and tables of startling beauty and subtlety. Each of these objects mirror his personal relationship to Canada in a way which, ultimately, speaks for all Canadians.

144 pages, Paperback

First published November 24,2004
Series
Souvenir of Canada
Literary awards
bill duthie booksellers’ choice award, 

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Format
144 pages, Paperback
Published
November 24, 2004 by Douglas \u0026 McIntyre
ISBN
9781553650430
ASIN
1553650433
Language
English

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Douglas Coupland is Canadian, born on a Canadian Air Force base near Baden-Baden, Germany, on December 30, 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, Generation X, was published in March of 1991. Since then he has published nine 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 premieres on the CBC in January, 2008.

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Dingomann
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April 17,2025
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While I enjoyed reading this book, I much preferred Souvenir of Canada 1 to this second installment. I found that I could relate more to the first and that I laughed out loud throughout it more. This one seems a little more serious.

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clannadsucks
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April 17,2025
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This follow-up to Coupland's earlir edition of nation-sensibility-building is not as strong as the first. The first book was pretty much divided between reasonably similarly structured mini-essays and photographs. This time around, the essays vary much more widely in intent and length, they're more loosely written and more autobiographical, and the images don't transmit information about the country with the sense of depth and feeling they did the first time around.

However, the book is a lot angrier than the first, and for that reason alone, if you read the first one, you should follow it up with this.
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Churt_Fumpus
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April 17,2025
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Douglas Coupland returns to re-inventing Canada following his best-seller that made it clear, Canada is way more than slightly cool.

Douglas Coupland gets Canada. Better, he has set out to re-invent his country with his particular brand of insight, humor, and visual acuity.

Souvenir of Canada created a sensation when it was first published, dominating Canada’s best-seller lists for months, and made the front pages of every major Canadian newspaper. Eh?

Souvenir of Canada 2 picks up where its predecessor left off. As with the best jazz, the riffs are fresh, never quite predictable, and full of delicious rhythm and subtle humor. This book is packed full of powerfully resonant images, and unexpected juxtapositions, that reveal a new Canada, one at home in a new century. No lighthouses, grain elevators, or teepees here.

In addition to his trademark visual revelations, Coupland has created new works of art & design specifically for the book which further evoke the Canadian identity: quilts and cabinets and lamps and tables of startling beauty and subtlety. Each of these objects mirror his personal relationship to Canada in a way which, ultimately, speaks for all Canadians.
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smashyyyyyy
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April 17,2025
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i'd read 'souvenir of canada' one and two back to back. i think it's probably best to read it like that. while both can stand alone, i found it all the more enjoyable to read it like one big book instead.

there is more artwork in this book, than the first, but all is very interesting. [but douglas coupland has always been a fascinating artist and writer so there's no surprise there.:] i have to say i was most enthralled with the quilts and 'the water planet' [who knew plastic water bottles could be so beautiful?!:].
easily the last chapter is my favourite. the stories about childhood and canada geese made me happy and had me recalling my own memories of childhood trips to the park to feed the ducks.
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obiwancc
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April 17,2025
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More of the same from Volume 1...this time with a bit more emphasis on nostalgic "kitsch". For some of us older geezers, it's as good as putting in an old VHS tape into the VCR...or even a Betamax! My god, how I remember those...
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