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Paul a un travail d'été (Paul #2)
Michel Rabagliati raconte ici les aventures estivales de Paul qui décroche son emploi, moniteur dans un camp de vacances. Ce dernier va apprendre au cours de l’été à dominer ses angoisses et ses peurs, à vivre en collectivité et à s’épanouir. Un témoignage éblouissant sur la transition entre l’enfance et l’âge adulte.
Ce livre a été récompensé par le Bédélys Québec remis à...more
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Paperback, 151 pages
Published
2007
by la Pastèque
(first published August 1st 2002)
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Whenever I happen upon this book in my apartment, and I'm not doing much of anything, I tend to pick it up and read the entire thing. This probably takes about an hour. It makes for an hour of astonishing contentment. I try to get other people to read it, but it never takes. I can see how it could come across as kiddy and maudlin, but I prefer wide-eyed and sensitive. So I'm a sap, is what I'm saying. Also, it's Canadian, and that's always weird. And there's a comfort with nudity here that's alt...more
I liked this story quite a bit -- a coming of age story for a rather self-centered teen boy growing up in the late 70's. When Paul has a disagreement with the high school principal and rashly drops out, it seems all he has to look forward to in life is working in a dull factory with picky, unlikeable coworkers. However, when an acquaintance calls and offers Paul a rare opportunity to escape the drudgery of the factory by working at a summer camp for underprivileged children (organized by a handf...more
This is a book which transports you back to a previous era.
An era when liability was not such a grave concern. An era when the wilderness was not quite so developed. An era when a teenage high-school dropout can be both trained to climb rocks and be allowed to supervise children doing the same highly-dangerous activity far from help in the same summer. When a female counselor is assigned to sleep in the same tent as a bunch of male 13-year-olds.
In other words, the 70s.
Some of the cultural aspec...more
An era when liability was not such a grave concern. An era when the wilderness was not quite so developed. An era when a teenage high-school dropout can be both trained to climb rocks and be allowed to supervise children doing the same highly-dangerous activity far from help in the same summer. When a female counselor is assigned to sleep in the same tent as a bunch of male 13-year-olds.
In other words, the 70s.
Some of the cultural aspec...more
Paul a un travail d’été, c’est Paul à son meilleur, Paul tel que je l’avais lu dans quelques autres extraits qui m’avaient tant plu. Impossible de ne pas être séduite par cette histoire pleine de nostalgie et d’humour, qui raconte l’inévitable perte de l’innocence et les premiers amours. Le trait de l’illustrateur y est plus fin que dans Paul à la campagne, et j’y ai trouvé plus encore de cette merveilleuse simplicité qui m’avait tant charmée.
La force de Paul, c’est qu’on s’y reconnait, pour une...more
La force de Paul, c’est qu’on s’y reconnait, pour une...more
Oh no! Not another story about a shiftless dude who finds love and maybe grows up a tiny bit! But wait: far from being barf-worthy, this was actually a decent story. Sure, the dude is a little shiftless, he's immature, he has a tendency to objectify women, but we are never told how awesome and noble and martyred he is for being that way. He's just a doofus, like a lot of people are when they're teenagers. He's pretty human, and so is everyone else in the book. I won't say it turns the Bro Coming...more
Paul is a high school drop out in French Canada who is working at a print shop in the 1970s when he gets a call from a friend who runs a summer camp for underprivileged youth. He is out one counselor and Paul signs up, without really knowing what he's getting into.
This was a very fun read considering I've spent a few summers working at a camp much like this one. The training, denial and fear Paul went through followed by the feeling of complete acceptance of life and the people you are with is a...more
This was a very fun read considering I've spent a few summers working at a camp much like this one. The training, denial and fear Paul went through followed by the feeling of complete acceptance of life and the people you are with is a...more
J’avais aimé Paul à la campagne, mais aimé sans trop y penser, plus amusée que vraiment séduite. Mais avec Paul a un travail d’été --
Faut savoir que j’ai la plus grande des faiblesses pour les histoires de coming-of-age. (& j’ai de la misère à trouver le bon terme en français – romans d’apprentissage? de passage à l’âge adulte? ça dit pas ce que je voudrais que ça dise.) & ici Paul, après avoir lâché l’école pour se retrouver catapulté dans le monde adulte comme apprenti-imprimeur, a la...more
Faut savoir que j’ai la plus grande des faiblesses pour les histoires de coming-of-age. (& j’ai de la misère à trouver le bon terme en français – romans d’apprentissage? de passage à l’âge adulte? ça dit pas ce que je voudrais que ça dise.) & ici Paul, après avoir lâché l’école pour se retrouver catapulté dans le monde adulte comme apprenti-imprimeur, a la...more
Meilleur même que le premier tome de la série, c'est exactement la sorte de BD que j'aime--réaliste, touchant, drôle, qui capture un moment dans le temps, ou une culture. Dans ce cas, j'avais une bonne impression de la culture des jeunes Québecois dans les années 70.
Better even than the first in the series, it's exactly the kind of graphic novel I love--realist, touching, funny, that captures a moment in time, or a culture. In this case, I had a good impression of the culture of young Quebecker...more
Better even than the first in the series, it's exactly the kind of graphic novel I love--realist, touching, funny, that captures a moment in time, or a culture. In this case, I had a good impression of the culture of young Quebecker...more
Apr 24, 2008
Becky
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
10th grade and up
Recommended to Becky by:
PW Comics Weekly
Shelves:
graphic-novels
In this graphic novel, 11th grade dropout Paul has a brief, miserable stint as a working stiff (apprentice to a printer) before signing on as a summer camp counselor for delinquent kids.
This was a surprisingly poignant coming-of-age story about a pivotal season in Paul's life. I sympathized with his enthusiasm for his new job even though the world didn't seem to have a place for him (bad grades, difficulty in school, etc.). The part where he realizes his parents gave him a very happy childhood b...more
This was a surprisingly poignant coming-of-age story about a pivotal season in Paul's life. I sympathized with his enthusiasm for his new job even though the world didn't seem to have a place for him (bad grades, difficulty in school, etc.). The part where he realizes his parents gave him a very happy childhood b...more
Mar 12, 2009
Jill
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
graphic-novel,
young-adult
Graphic novels are a great way to write a memoir, especially when remembering your younger years. At least, that's how it seems. (See also Blankets by Craig Thompson.) He accurately portrays the sentiments of camp life. I'd be happy to read the others in his series, if only our library had them (and if only I spoke French...).
This book completely sucked me in! I loved the story, loved the images of camp, and loved the message. I read it one night and sat there thinking about it for about half an hour after I finished. It reminded me so much of my days going to summer camp growing up as a camper -- I have to wonder what it would be like going back as an adult.
Nov 19, 2012
Aaron Broadwell
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
french,
graphic-novel
I like the images of Paul working at a downtown Montreal printing press with the Anglophone bosses – very funny linguistic clashes between the two. Also the idyllic (?) images of the northern Quebec campground he ends up at and the sweet note at the end. Rabagliati strikes a nice balance between humor and nostalgia in this series.
HEY EVERYBODY! One time this privileged white kid from the suburbs became a counselor at a summer camp for troubled kids and then he learned to appreciate his parents and then he lost his virginity to a girl he didn't get along with at first but then they were in love!
IT CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cómic intrascendente, gafapastada importante... Nada destacable, pero me ha encantado. Paul resulta un personaje entrañable, y lo que le sucede en el campamento de verano resulta tan universal que sin duda tocará el corazón del adolescente que todos llevamos dentro. Me han dado ganas de leer más Rabagliati... y a Andi Watson, que el estilo se parece mucho.
De titel "Paultjes vakantiebaantje" roept snel banale associaties op. In een zekere zin worden die ook waargemaakt. Het gaat over een opgroeiende puber (18) die van school is geraakt en 2 maanden doorbrengt op een zomerkamp voor kansarme kinderen. Toch zijn de ervaringen die hij opdoet treffend gebracht en gaan die vele lezers nostaltische gevoelens opleveren. De eerlijkheid en herkenbaarheid waarbij het verhaal is verteld, maakt het een boekje dat zeker het lezen waard is.
I just stumbled on this book in the Graphic Novels section of The Culver City library and liked the cover so I thought I would take a shot. I read it in afternoon which was a nice break after taking about a month to read City of Quartz. It's a very sweet coming of age story which admittedly I'm a sucker for if told right, but it also gave me the best kind of nostalgia and appreciation for the lost days of my twenties, days where I just sat around drinking beer with my friends. Sometimes I look b...more
Feb 07, 2009
Librarian
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
biographymemoir,
comicsgraphicnovels
I really like the drawing style in this gn, especially the drawings of characters. It was nicely broken into the classic three-act narrative, which was very neat and tidy, and the development of the story and the main character was hard to beat. I could have done without the contrived ending, which for me took something away from the honesty of the rest of the story, and I also could have done without the disgusting Native American imagery, which only pops up two very brief times but made me kin...more
Loved, loved, loved this one! Truly captures the magic-ness of camp. Also, Paul kept reacting poorly in tough situations doing exactly what I would have done at his age in his place. The romance was realistic and the drawings delightful. Great summer read.
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Quelle BD formidable! C'est peut-être parce que l'auteur a le même âge que moi et qu'il a pigé dans ses propres expériences pour écrire la série "Paul" que je me reconnais tellement dans ses histoires avec ses hauts et ses bas
I loved this graphic novel and I can't wait to read the other Paul books. This memoir as a graphic novel really captures all the changes Paul goes through, with tenderness and thoughtfulness, as he drops out of high school, gets a summer job as a camp counselor and falls in love. A perfect read for a lazy Saturday morning.
This book was supposed to be just a filler while I wait for the next book to arrive. It turned out to be a pleasant surprise
It's the familiar coming of age story of a high school drop out finally growing up.
Michel Rabagliati’s work has a subtle maturity. In the hands of a less deft author, I wouldn’t have cared for this sort of story but “Paul Has a Summer Job” is a lovely coming of age graphic novel.
Just a fantastic book. The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is that the ending is a little cutesy, and it rang false in a few ways. Still, the art is amazing, and the story is so touching.
After the first fourth of the book, it's easy to invest some feelings into the main character's story. It's a nice story with decent illustrations and a heartfelt ending.
if I could rate this a three and a half, I would. but since I can't, I'm bumping this down to a three. I don't enjoy coming of age stories that much, but this enjoyable.
Cool story about discovering who you are and which direction in life you want to go. Paul gets frustrated with school, quits, and begins learning about the real world of work.
I thoroughly enjoyed this coming-of-age graphic novel. I wanted to write about Paul a Quebec here too, but there does not seem to be a page on it.
So much better than Paul's summer working in the seafood department of a grocery store like I convinced myself it was about.
Le deuxième tome des aventures de Paul est vraiment très bon. Cette fois-ci, il raconte ses aventures lorsqu'il a travaillé dans une camp d'été qui accueil des jeunes provenant de milieu défavorisé. C'est une expérience qui ne peut faire autrement que de changer une vie.
Les dessins de cette BD sont vraiment géniaux. Comme quoi les dessins n'ont pas toujours besoin d'être réalistes et plein de couleurs pour être beaux. le noir et blanc peut suffire. J'ai trouvé l'histoire vraiment drôle et parfoi...more
Les dessins de cette BD sont vraiment géniaux. Comme quoi les dessins n'ont pas toujours besoin d'être réalistes et plein de couleurs pour être beaux. le noir et blanc peut suffire. J'ai trouvé l'histoire vraiment drôle et parfoi...more
Maybe I just tried to read too much in one day, but this seemed boring. Maybe I'll try again.
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Apr 25, 2008 10:20am