Life After God | 
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We are the first generation raised without God. We are creatures with strong religious impulses, yet they have nowhere to flow in this world of malls and TV, Kraft dinners and jets. How do we cope with loneliness? Anxiety? The collapse of relationships?How do we reach the quiet, safe layer of our lives? In this compellingly innovative collection of stories, bestselling author Douglas Coupland responds to these themes. Cutting through the hype of modern living to find a rare grace amid our lives, he uncovers a new kind of truth for a culture stuck on fast-forward. A culture seemingly beyond God.
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• Awsome 27 March, 2007
This is one of those books that I have wanted to review for a while, but was unsure of how to approach it. I love the book and have read it over a half dozen times in less than two years. Yet it is such an atypical book that it is difficult to review. I can just be blunt and state that the book will grab you and draw you back in again and again.
The book is published as fiction, yet rumors have it that Coupland will admit that it is at least partially autobiographical. It is a collection of recollections, thoughts, memories and drawings by Coupland. It is the recount a man's life, and as we find out he is telling the story to find out how his life got to where it is. He wants a record for his daughter so that maybe she will understand him better. My favorite of the individual entries is:
"Now -- here is my secret:
I tell it to you with an openness of heart I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem capable of giving; to help me to be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond able to love." p.359
Every time I pick up this book, I get something more out of it. Sometimes I read it from beginning to end, and then at other times I just pick it up and read at random. This book deals with many of the 'big' questions all of us will have to deal with in our lives. Questions like: How do we deal with Loneliness? Anxiety? Failed relationships? How can we find quiet in our lives? It also deals with the question of being raised without a religion or belief system and how, as we age, we end up struggling with spiritual questions.
If you can track down the first edition hardcover it is worth it. It is in a different format and shape. With the dust jacket off, it looks like a prayer book or bible. If you read it without the jacket in public places people will often ask you what you are reading. This was intentional and the shape and design of this book are part of the art of the book, and part of the complexity Coupland has woven into it. The front cover of the hardback also has an outline of a hand, like a tracing of a child's hand. As we are all reaching out beyond ourselves in search of some greater meaning in life, we are reaching out like a child in search of a parent.
My hat is off to Coupland and this amazing work of art - on all the levels that it is art of the deepest level. Coupland has created a masterpiece that will become a classic, which will survive through the ages.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2KBF2OYR359AJ
• Oddly Interesting 16 September, 2007
I enjoyed this book. My first Coupland read but certainly not my last. Seems quite different than other Coupland I've read. Though the majority of this book is somewhat depressing and bleak, I found myself filled with a great feeling of resolution at the end which ultimately ties in the God concept. Had the book been more uplifting throughout, the feeling of resolution at the end wouldn't have been there.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2BAJQ0W2Y0I6J
• A Book That Really Makes You Think... 15 September, 2006
This splendidly written book captivates the reader with compassion for the main character as he stumbles through the mistakes and beauty he has created in his life. The book follows the journey of a person who is trying to discover who he is in the midst of a fallen world, void spirituality and broken dreams. I'm a huge fan of the author, Douglas Coupland, and I feel that this is by far his best work. It will make you laugh, cry and ponder this crazy thing we call existence.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1BO6OTSSS3FO8
• Life After The Weak-minded. 08 December, 2006
Anthropocentric fairytales and simple moral fables.
He writes well however. He'd produce very good sci-fi if he got over his,
"Oh there must be some deeper meaning to human existance"
Actually no there isn't, get over yourself and your inflated species ego Coupland.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1RB72T76JVKHH
• Excellent 24 February, 2008
"Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic."
This is an excellent book. I would say that if you've read any of his other works, you would know what to expect, but that's not entirely the case; this specific work consists of several substories from parties unrelated to each other but with similar mindsets and feelings.
It is a short book, and if you are a reader, you can get through it in a day or so, and this should be a fine use for a day.
You should know what to expect: it is not an uplifting book, but it is an intimate book in that it delves in a unique way into the consciousness of the viewer. More detail than that would not do it justice.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A81LVKR5R7XNB
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