graphic novel stupenda
4 stars
interessante la prospettiva sulla moralità che l'autrice ha all'interno del libro TW: violenza di genere
Graphic novel, 436 pages
Italiano language
Published by Bao publishing.
Kate Beaton: Ducks (GraphicNovel, Italiano language, Bao publishing)
- ISBN:
- 978-88-3273-871-1
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5 stars
(8 reviews)
Un libro già premiatissimo in tutto il mondo, definito all’unanimità uno dei più belli e toccanti del 2022. Portato ora in Italia da BAO Publishing, per cui si appresta a diventare un titolo imprescindibile, è un libro di ricordi dolorosi ma necessari: uno spaccato di vita autobiografico in cui l’autrice racconta i suoi anni passati a lavorare per una compagnia petrolifera. Unica donna in un contesto sempre troppo permeato di mascolinità tossica, subisce violenze psicologiche e fisiche, in un crescendo di brutalità che non fa sconti. Un libro che però assume i toni di una storia di ricordi, non di denuncia, e che si rivela proprio per questo tanto più toccante e intenso.
outofrange reviewed Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Mysteriously engaging
4 stars
This story is not surprising, hopefully one day it will be. But the graphic novel format and the artwork grabbed my attention in a way I can't explain.
Incredible
5 stars
There are some heavy topics covered in this book. But I feel they are important to share out. Specially if you are a man, this point of view of a woman in a male-centric workplace makes you realize all the things that you may have missed. A must read for anyone who loves graphic novels
A "warts-and-all" look at Canada
5 stars
People need to read this. As a father of a little girl, the book is terrifying, so it makes the need for a perspective shift an urgent one.
Stephen reviewed Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Review of 'Ducks' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Really powerful book about being a woman in the oil sands of Alberta. I couldn't do it. Kate's pretty clear this is her experience and not "everyone's experience" but it looks pretty intense for everyone isolated from the rest of the world (at least back in 2006) and then particularly unpleasant for women through either microaggressions or outright sexual violence.
el dang reviewed Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
A deeply human look at a thoroughly dehumanising place
5 stars
This is a powerful memoir which has a lot to say about how we (particularly Canada as a resource extraction colony, but also a broader "we") treat the people whose physical labour runs parts of the economy we'd rather not think about. The experience turned out predictably badly for Beaton, but in looking back she maintained empathy for the people involved, keeping a clear on focus on what the context of oil sands work camps does to people.
Subjects
- Comic books, strips
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Petroleum workers
- Oil sands
- Psychic trauma
- Sexual harassment