Ducks

作者：KateBeaton

出版社：DrawnandQuarterly

副标题：TwoYearsintheOilSands

出版年：2022-9-13

页数：448

装帧：Hardcover

ISBN：9781770462892

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Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush―part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can’t find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed.

Beaton’s natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, northern lights, and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people.

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第一次读到讨论社会议题的漫画。喜欢作者写实又可爱的画风。一直觉得加拿大是一个高度发达的资本主义国家，故事确实展示了资本主义的一面，但也呈现了我不曾想过的乡土的一面。环境对人，真是有着难以抗拒的巨大作用力，人如同岩石，在重力作用下，终会发生变化。

2022年读完的最后一本书。被诸多榜单列为年度图像小说。书评已写。

作者是艺术专业毕业生，却找不到合适的工作偿还学生贷款，于是到男性为主（男女比例50:1）的油田里工作，期间受到众多性别劣势而不得不面对的问题。这两年经历画成漫画，让我想到失明症漫记中隔离营的女性交换食物情节以及中亚行记对抢新娘习俗的记述。

新年伊始的第一本书就遇到了这么棒的作品，真是个好兆头！这是一本回忆录性质的漫画，讲述作者大学毕业后为了还学业贷款去遥远的石油公司打工的经历。全文没有让任何人任何情节hijack 表达，作者尽全力将自己遭遇的种种铺平抹展不加评判地讲述出来。有种《无依之地》的感觉，很真实、很震撼、很可怕

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