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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture is the
first novel by Douglas Coupland. The novel popularized the term
Generation X, which refers to Americans and Canadians who reached
adulthood in the late 1980s. It is a framed narrative, in which a
group of youths exchange heartfelt stories about themselves and
fantastical stories of their creation.
Generation X is a framed narrative, like Chaucer's The
Canterbury Tales or The Decameron by Boccaccio. The
framing story is that of three friends—Dag, Claire, and the
narrator, Andy—living together in the Mojave Desert in California.
The tales are told by the various characters in the novel, which is
arranged into three parts. Each chapter is separately titled rather
than numbered, with titles such as "I Am Not A Target Market" and
"Adventure Without Risk Is Disneyland".
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