Akim Aliu
Auteur de Akim Aliu: Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir)
Œuvres de Akim Aliu
Akim Aliu: Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir). 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 41
- Popularité
- #363,652
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 3
Aliu relates his childhood coming to Canada and being teased for speaking Russian, his parents scraping together the money to enroll him in hockey, and navigating a predominantly white (and frequently racist) sport that regularly abuses younger players in the name of "hazing" and eventually being able to stand up against the racism that unfairly banished him to the minor (sub-minor?) leagues. Language (notably the n-word) is blacked out, though "ass" does appear in the text on page 82.
Very readable story about hard work, persistence and creating meaningful change.… (plus d'informations)