Good/Grief [Paperback]

Josh Koppel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 8, 2000

A self-portrait from the digital generation, GOOD/GRIEF is an adventure through the anxieties of growing up, told in a memorable, unorthodox format. Combine Koppel's ingenious QuickCam images with his hilarious way with words and you have an arresting debut: six almost mythic incidents from Koppel's childhood, including the trauma of first pubic hairs and the realization that dancing with his mother can be kind of . . . well, you know, strange. It's just like a children's book--except it's for adults. By turns humorous, scary, tender, and always disarming, GOOD/GRIEF introduces a born storyteller.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Intimate and moving throughout, Josh Koppel's Good/Grief is a light-hearted recasting of Proust for the age of attention deficit disorder." -- --Steven Johnson, editor of Feed Magazine and author of Interface Culture

"Intimate and moving throughout, Josh Koppel's Good/Grief is a light-hearted recasting of Proust for the age of attention deficit disorder." -- Steven Johnson, editor of Feed Magazine and author of Interface Culture

"The Woody Allen of cyberspace." -- --Maya Lin, architect and artist

About the Author

Josh Koppel was the creator of Citizen Poke, the first online Web magazine for college students, and co-produced the Dating Game Online for Sony. He currently lives in New York City, where he makes television promos for Oxygen Media. He is a Capricorn.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1st edition (August 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060956283
• ISBN-13: 978-0060956288
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,762,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short Films on Paper, August 10, 2000

By 

Kathy Fennessy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good/Grief (Paperback)

Those looking for the biggest bang for their book dollar won't find it here. But if you're looking for something unique, compact and collectible, Good/Grief may be just the ticket. It features more (grainy) B&W visual images than text and "feels" more like a series of short films than a book. That said, it still only takes around 20 minutes or so to read the whole thing. But if you'd like to step inside the mind of a frank and sensitive individual with a unique outlook on life, Josh Koppel's Good/Grief offers you that very opportunity.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Untitled, August 10, 2000

By 

Harper21 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good/Grief (Paperback)

Touching and funny stories of innocence lost told in a truly unique graphical way. Josh tells stories straight from the heart, and his honesty, vulnerability and childlike curiousity shine through on every page.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Looks simple, goes deep., August 9, 2000

By 

thedrivein (Portland, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good/Grief (Paperback)

At first flip it reminds me of the movie 'Summer of '42'. This seems like a pretty amazing first work - if it is that - in that the author seems to have no fear exposing to the world what we all are afraid of exposing. And Koppel does it in a format that tends to disarm and lighten the material. Can't wait to see the movie.