false<![CDATA[White Rapids]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181678211m/1179394.jpg11793941<div><div><div><b>The rise and fall of a Canadian town</b></div><div><br>Award-winning Quebecois cartoonist Pascal Blanchet’s graphic novel is a compelling account of the rise and fall of the small northern town of White Rapids. In the first English translation of his work, Blanchet seamlessly blends fact and fiction as he weaves together the official history of the town and snapshots of the quotidian life of its residents. Founded in 1928 in an isolated region of Quebec forest, the town was conceived and constructed by the Shawinigan Water & Power Company to function as a fully equipped, self-contained living community for workers at the nearby dam and their families. Intended as an incentive to lure workers to the remote and inaccessible region, White Rapids provided its residents with all the luxuries of middle-class modern life in a pastoral setting—until the town was abruptly shut down in 1971, when the company changed hands.<br></div><div>Blanchet’s unique, streamlined, retro-inspired aesthetic draws on art deco and fifties modernist design to vividly conjure up idyllic scenes of lazy summer days and crisp winter nights in White Rapids, transporting the reader back to a more innocent time.</div></div></div>116721130102007White Rapidstotal:58|5:2|4:2|3:1|2:1|1:0|58202921840falsefalseWed Sep 03 12:42:57 -0700 2008Wed Sep 03 12:43:48 -0700 2008
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30falsefalseTue Apr 29 08:15:52 -0700 2008Tue Apr 29 08:31:04 -0700 2008 The story follows the rise and demise of a community built for employees of a Quebec hydroelectric company. We ...more...]]>
50falsefalseSat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sat Sep 06 18:25:21 -0700 2008Sat Sep 06 18:36:09 -0700 2008 The visuals and type in this book are like nothing I've seen in...more...]]>
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It's a Good Life if you Don't Weaken by Seth, which happens to be one of my favorite comics ever, so I semi-consciously was associating this book in that favorable light.
Blanchet is similar to Seth and C...more...]]>
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20falsefalseThu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Jul 02 16:39:58 -0700 2009Thu Jul 02 16:41:11 -0700 200900falsefalseFri Oct 02 17:28:17 -0700 2009Fri Oct 02 17:29:42 -0700 200940falsefalseTue Apr 07 13:39:47 -0700 2009Tue Apr 07 13:40:17 -0700 200940falsefalseThu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Tue Nov 06 16:23:56 -0800 2007Tue Nov 06 16:31:24 -0800 2007 The storyline isn't the type of book that I normally read but the artwork makes this a book definitely worth...more...]]>
30falsefalseSat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007Wed Jan 02 18:38:30 -0800 2008Wed Jan 02 18:52:45 -0800 2008 White Rapids is mesmerizing because of its style and its art. The story is presented in a very straightforward and breezy manner: The town of Rapide Blanc (that's for you Francophones) is developed then abandoned. It does not come across a...more...]]>
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I admire Pascale Blanchet's artistic talent immensely.
That said the story is not very deep or satisfying. It had no resonance for me personally.Which is too bad, because as i said it is very pleasing to look at...]]>
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