Ducks

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

Sobre la autora Kate Beaton nació y creció en Cape Breton, Nueva Escocia. Tras licenciarse en Historia y Antropología por la Universidad Mount Allison, se trasladó a Alberta en busca de un trabajo que le permitiera pagar sus préstamos de estudios. Las colecciones de sus emblemáticas tiras Hark! A Vagrant y Step Aside, Pops permanecieron varios meses en la lista de libros más vendidos de novela gráfica del New York Times, además de aparecer en las listas de lo mejor del año de Time, The Washington Post, Vulture y NPR Books, y ganar los premios Eisner, Ignatz, Harvey y Doug Wright. También ha publicado los libros ilustrados King Baby y The Princess and the Pony. Beaton vive en Cabo Bretón con su familia.