Acclaimed graphic memoirist Guy Delisle returns with his strongest work yet - a thoughtful and moving travelogue about life in the Holy City.
Guy Delisle was born in Quebec City, Canada. His bestselling and acclaimed travelogues (Pyongyang, Jerusalem- Chronicles from the Holy City, Burma Chronicles, and Shenzhen) are defining works of graphic nonfiction, and in 2012, Delisle was awarded the top prize in European cartooning when the French edition of Jerusalem was named Best Album at the Angoulame International Comics Festival. He lives in France with his wife and children.
Superb book of reportage from that city.
*Observer*
His witty observation and beautiful pictures are delightful.
*Times Higher Education*
A witty, wise graphic travelogue that says more about everyday life
in the region than all the news reports and "gritty" features.
*Sunday Telegraph*
A wonderfully candid book, which makes the situation’s hideously
insoluble complexities more vividly understandable than anything
else I have encountered.
*Daily Telegraph*
My other favourite graphic book of the year... makes breathtakingly
light work of one of the world’s most complex political
situations.
*Observer*
Superb book of reportage from that city. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer
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His witty observation and beautiful pictures are delightful. --
Sarah Ison * Times Higher Education *
A witty, wise graphic travelogue that says more about everyday life
in the region than all the news reports and "gritty" features. --
Chris Moss * Sunday Telegraph *
A wonderfully candid book, which makes the situation's hideously
insoluble complexities more vividly understandable than anything
else I have encountered. -- Rupert Christiansen * Daily Telegraph
*
My other favourite graphic book of the year... makes breathtakingly
light work of one of the world's most complex political situations.
-- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
Delisle's (Burma Chronicles; Pyongyang) year in Jerusalem stemmed from wife Nadege's assignment with Doctors Without Borders. Yet Jerusalem, he learns, is all about borders. Its exclusively Israeli or Palestinian communities and many religious micro-communities crosscut the city, and the civic, military, and in-group rules about who goes where are constantly shifting. The result is daily disruption for everyone, with more dangerous disruptions from violence like the Gaza War (known in Israel as Operation Cast Lead) that punctuated Delisle's stay. Yet a facade of normalcy fronts this teetering society where finding a convenient cafe or children's playground becomes a personal triumph seemingly as newsworthy as the latest Israeli/Palestinian dust-up. Writing as an uninvolved outsider, Delisle finds himself nonetheless developing a sensibility to the city; at one point he wryly observes, "Thanks, God, for making me an atheist." The simple-seeming art is black/gray wash with moody color enhancements. VERDICT An odd combination of chummy and chilling, Delisle's Angouleme award-winning chronicle of family life in uneasy circumstances brings a new perspective to a distinguished roster of Levant-based graphic novels, e.g., by Joe Sacco, Rutu Modan, and Sarah Glidden. Recommended for adults interested in the geographical or religious issues involved and fine for most teens.-M.C. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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