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Souvenir Of Canada 2 [Paperback]

Douglas Coupland

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From Canadian Sayings to How to Be a Canadian, bookstore shelves are filling up with tomes purporting to tell us what it means to be a citizen of the Great White North. In an age of irony, this means appreciating the little, sometimes kitschy, things we have taken for granted. And who better to shed new light on the Reach for the Top game show, the Robertson screwdriver, and Toronto's domination of the country than that master of irony, Douglas Coupland?

The Vancouver novelist (Generation X, Hey Nostradamus!) and visual artist has curated a second immensely readable, highly entertaining, and even fun-for-the-whole-family follow-up to his first Souvenir of Canada. The mini-essays include Coupland's thoughts on the now sadly defunct Eaton's catalogue (all the models, he writes, look as though they have been "seemingly selected at random from the White Pages") as well as such uniquely Canadian identifiers as treeplanters, the Royal Bank's "scary bank calendar," treeplanters, and what he calls "Canada's one true national art form," indignant letters to the editor. Souvenir 2 also benefits from Coupland's unique visual perspective. The longest essay in the book illustrates numerous interior photos of a house he was commissioned to remodel to reflect Canadian identity.

But turns disturbing, enlightening, and humourous, Souvenir of Canada 2 accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do--it makes the reader look at "Canadianness" with new eyes--and with a bonus. Two essays, one on Terry Fox and another an anecdote drawn from Coupland's youth, add an emotional underpinning to the book that, as corny as it may sound, might actually cause the Canadian reader's breast to swell with pride. And that's no joke. --Shawn Conner

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"In this quirky photoessay by a Vancouver artist getting in touch with his Canadian identity, Coupland examines new images of 'the sleepy little Dominion.'" (Art Book News Annual )

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Clearly Canadian (and better than the first!), Nov 10 2004
By Jennifer M. Macleod "yiddishe supermama" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Souvenir Of Canada 2 (Paperback)
This SECOND collection of imagery and musings from Famous Canadian Writer Douglas Coupland didn't always strike a chord with me. I'm from a different part of the country, with different history and experiences, of course.

Yet enough was oddly, eerily familiar to convince me that there are few young writers better qualified to comment on the State of Our Nation than Coupland. Not as enjoyable as his fiction, but something fun to tide us fans over while we wait!

I enjoyed this quirky collection, particularly Coupland's Canadian House installation art, more than the first. The images seemed fresher and his intelligent commentary was just as enjoyable. Keep 'em coming!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious, pointed set of true observations, Jun 8 2005
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Souvenir Of Canada 2 (Paperback)
So, what constitutes 'Canadian culture' and elements of Canada? From notorious plastics which take twice as long to decompose to a special kind of screw and driver used only in Canada, there's a host of oddities uniquely Canadian which Douglas Coupland here sets out to capture visually and in text description. A hilarious, pointed set of true observations, all backed with color photos.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Coupland never lets you down, Sep 6 2008
By Travel Girl - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Souvenir Of Canada 2 (Paperback)
Quirky but real. As a Canadian from the same era I can totally relate to what he describes. A really great book to give to Americans to explain who we Canadian really are.
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