by Douglas Coupland · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440666468
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«Microsiervos» is the novel by Douglas Coupland, published by Ediciones B in paperback (464 pages, in Spanish).
A group of programmers working at Microsoft in the mid-nineties decide to leave the routine to start their own company. The novel portrays the work culture of the tech industry, alienation, and the search for meaning in an era dominated by computing.
Originally published in English as «Microserfs» in 1995, the Spanish edition was published in 1997 with a foreword by Vicente Verdú and translation by J.G. López Guix and C. Franci.
For readers interested in tech culture, geek humor, and contemporary fiction from the nineties.
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.
