White Rapids

Blanchet, Pascal

ISBN 10: 1897299249 / ISBN 13: 9781897299241

Published by Drawn and Quarterly (edition 1), 2007

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 1897299249-8-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: White Rapids
• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897299249
• ISBN 13: 9781897299241
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The rise and fall of a Canadian town

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.

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.

About the Author

Pascal Blanchet was born in 1980 in Trois-Rivières, a small city about halfway between Montréal and Québec. He works as an illustrator for numerous companies in North America. His first graphic novel, La Fugue (published in French), won the 2005 Bédélys Award for best Quebec graphic album of the year.