by Douglas Coupland · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726953340
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«Coma profundo» is the novel by Douglas Coupland, published by Teorema in paperback in 1998 (382 pages, in Portuguese).
The narrative follows a woman from Vancouver who falls into a coma shortly after giving birth and remains so for nearly two decades. While she sleeps, the novel portrays the passage of time and the scars it leaves on her partner, her daughter, and those closest to her.
Translation by Telma Costa of the original Girlfriend in a Coma. The Portuguese edition is part of the Outras Estórias collection.
For readers of Douglas Coupland and contemporary Canadian fiction.
Douglas Coupland is a Canadian visual artist and writer. Trained originally as a sculptor, Coupland found unexpected success as a novelist with the publication of his 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which popularized the terms Generation X and McJob. He has since gone on to publish dozens of books, including novels, short story collections, and essay collections. He has also worked as a columnist and contributor for a number of periodicals, including the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian, and Wired Magazine.
