City of Glass: Douglas Coupland's Vancouver
This irresistible little book offers a very different take on Vancouver, one of the world's most beautiful cities. Douglas Coupland applies his unique sensibility to everything from the Grouse Grind to glass towers, First Nations to feng shui, Kitsilano to Cantonese. Cleverly designed to mimic an...
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This irresistible little book offers a very different take on Vancouver, one of the world's most beautiful cities. Douglas Coupland applies his unique sensibility to everything from the Grouse Grind to glass towers, First Nations to feng shui, Kitsilano to Cantonese. Cleverly designed to mimic an underground Japanese magazine, this edition is fully updated and revised with riffs on Vancouver as a neon city, a land of treehuggers, and more.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781553653592 (1553653599)
ASIN: 1553653599
Publish date: November 10th 2009
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Pages no: 168
Edition language: English
Hmph. Coupland wrote and captured loving portraits of his country in 'Souvenir of Canada' and to a lesser extent in 'Souvenir of Canada 2' all the while avoiding the vapid treacleness implied by their titles.'City of Glass' is not so fortunate. Between the pleasing design of the cover there is a sca...
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