Bibliograph

Player one, what is to become of us : a novel in five hours, Douglas Coupland

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Player one, what is to become of us : a novel in five hours, Douglas Coupland

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Player one

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Douglas Coupland

Sub title

what is to become of us : a novel in five hours

Summary

In his 2010 CBC Massey Lectures acclaimed novelist and visual artist Douglas Coupland explores the modern crises of time, human identity, society, religion and macroeconomics and the afterlife in the form of a novel, a 5-hour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. Five disparate people are trapped inside: Karen, a single mother waiting for her online date; Rick, the down-on-his-luck airport lounge bartender; Luke, a pastor on the run; Rachel, a cool Hitchcock blonde incapable of true human contact; and finally a mysterious voice known as Player One. Slowly, each reveals the truth about themselves while the world as they know it comes to an end. The book asks as many questions as it answers, and readers will leave the story with no doubt that we are in a new phase of existence as a species -- and that there is no turning back

Target audience

adult

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