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Lädt ... Against the Grain: An Irreverent View of Albertavon Catherine Ford
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I am an Albertan myself, and so I was looking forward to finally reading a book about Alberta and Albertans, written by an Albertan. I should have saved my money - the book is a disappointment. It's not that Ford writes poorly - quite the contrary. She spins tales that seem to flow almost too effortlessly, so that the book feels almost stream of consciousness. I struggled to determine what was the guiding theme for this book, which jumped from Calgary, to the importance of oil, to Banff, to the railway, to Aboriginals, to Edmonton, to sports teams, to Red Deer... I suppose it's loosely looking at each city or region, but each chapter wanders from topic to topic like an ADD bunny that the unifying thread is quickly lost. In addition, the author's clear and unapologetic bias towards Calgary is unforgivable to an Edmontonian such as myself. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
A contrarian view of Alberta and Albertans from the outspoken and often controversial former Calgary Herald columnist. In 2005, Alberta celebrates its centenary: a hundred-year stretch that has seen the province catapulted from being little more than thinly populated grassland and mountain to one of Canada's richest provinces, one with a fair claim to being perpetually misunderstood. Albertans, of course, are passionate about their province, even when to outsiders the sentiment is baffling. For instance, can a liberal feminist like renowned columnist Catherine Ford find happiness in a right-wing, neo-conservative province? The short form of Ford's answer is "Yes, I can. But . . ." The long version is the intimate, revealing, entertaining, and opinionated picture of the province she paints in Against the Grain. On the surface, the province is monolithic in its politics, anti-gay, anti-feminist, anti-choice in its opinions, and macho in its demeanour. But Ford shows that this is a lopsided, outsider's view of Alberta, and to prove it she takes readers on a tour from Calgary to Banff and Jasper, Fort McMurray, Edmonton, and beyond, pointing out the good, the bad, and the plain bewildering. Tough-minded but loving, Against the Grain gives outsiders the real goods on Alberta in this, its centenary year. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The book has a very conversational tone: it's like taking a long walk with an old family friend who knows what the story is - and the backstory, too. It's not a series of rigorously structured essays, rather more free-flowing, but in a very enjoyable way. I would recommend this book to all of my fellow Albertans. ( )