Generación X

In the 1990s, the publication of his first novel, *Generation X*, established Douglas Coupland as the definitive chronicler of digital natives: a writer with a unique worldview—ironic and detail-oriented—and a keen observer of the anxieties and challenges facing a hyper-connected society. Critically acclaimed for capturing the spirit of the times, the book gave a name to an era, a sentiment, and a community, and it remains one of the seminal works of our age. "X" designates a generation devoid of illusions or plans; it names a void as barren as the Californian desert where the novel’s three protagonists flee—escaping family, work, the capitalist system, and the very concept of progress.