Ever since my friend Ali gave me a copy of "All Families are Psychotic", beacause I liked the picture of the rocket on the front, I've been hooked on Coupland. He has a wonderful ability to sum up an emotion in a sentence, to capture what you've felt with characters you can empathise. Time magazine carries an interview with the author in advance of the release of his new novel, J-Pod. He makes an interesting observation about blogs:
TIME: Do you write a blog?
DC: No. I used to keep blogs, formerly known as diaries. Back in the '90s, I did it for a while. What I found is that when you go through your day, you begin reclassifying your life into "that will make a good blog entry" or "that won't make a good blog entry." Suddenly your life isn't your life anymore.
How true. If you haven't read any of his work, I reccomend "Life After God" and "Girlfriend in a Coma". I have pre-ordered J-Pod and am looking forward to settling down on a big recliner by the pool in the Italian sunshine and reading it on holiday.
Read the rest of the interview here.
2 comments:
Your blog entries would make a good life.
Douglas Coupland is the god of 'story-telling'.
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