Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland is a dark, thought-provoking novel that blends realism with the surreal. It follows a group of friends whose lives are disrupted when one of them, Karen, falls into a mysterious coma in 1979—just after having a troubling vision of the future. She awakens 17 years later to a world transformed, only to realize that her apocalyptic visions are coming true. The novel explores themes of time, disconnection, societal decay, and the search for meaning in a world losing its way.