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Cargando... Spinning (edición 2017)por Tillie Walden
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Durante 10 años el patinaje artístico lo fue todo para Tillie Walden. Se despertaba antes del amanecer para los entrenamientos matinales, se dirigía directamente al entrenamiento en grupo nada más salir del colegio, y pasaba los fines de semana compitiendo en pistas de hielo por todo el país. El patinaje era una pieza clave de su identidad, un refugio seguro donde desconectar del estrés del colegio, el bullying y la familia. Con el paso del tiempo, comenzó el instituto, se interesó por el arte y se enamoró de la que sería su primera novia, y empezó a cuestionarse cómo encajaba el cerrado mundo del patinaje artístico con el resto de su vida. En esta emotiva y cautivadora memoria gráfica, la ganadora de dos premios Ignatz Tillie Walden capta a la perfección lo que es hacerse mayor, salir del armario y aceptar dejar atrás todo lo que uno solía ser.
Graphic novelist Walden recounts her years coming-of-age as a competitive ice skater. Tillie Walden knew she was gay since she was 5, which was also when she began ice skating. This memoir recounts the years from when she's 11 to when she reaches her late teens, as her life marches on through fledgling romances, moving halfway across the country, bullying, and various traumas with skating as her only constant. Her story is largely insular, with her family only visible in the periphery, even with regard to her skating. Walden's recollections tend to meander at times, with an almost stream-of-consciousness feel about them; her taciturn introspection mixed with adolescent ennui creates a subdued, yet graceful tone. For a young author (Walden is in her early 20s), she is remarkably adept at identifying the seminal moments of her life and evincing their impacts on her trajectory. Her two-toned art is lovely and spare, utilizing the occasional splash of an accenting color to heighten visual interest. ... PremiosListas de sobresalientes
Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. For ten years, figure skating was Tillie Walden's life. She woke before dawn for morning lessons, went straight to group practice after school, and spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state. Skating was a central piece of her identity, her safe haven from the stress of school, bullies, and family. But as she switched schools, got into art, and fell in love with her first girlfriend, she began to question how the close-minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her life, and whether all the work was worth it given the reality: that she, and her friends on the team, were nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls. The more Tillie thought about it, the more Tillie realized she'd outgrown her passion--and she finally needed to find her own voice. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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