Famously referred to as an 'Axis-of-Evil' country, North Korea is one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world. A series of manmade and natural catastrophes have also left it one of the poorest. This work offers a look at an enigmatic country.[...]
Shenzhen is a cold, urban city in southern China that is sealed off with electric fences and armed guards from the rest of the country. This novel talks about it.[...]
Guy Delisle's newest travelogue revolves around a year spent in Burma (also known as Myanmar) with his wife and son. Burma is notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control: where scissor-wielding censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under [...]
Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of contemporary Jerusalem, utilizing the classic stranger-in-a-strange-land point of view that made his other books, Pyongyang, Shenzhen, and Burma Chronicles, required reading for understanding what daily life is like in cities few ar[...]
"Neither Jewish nor Arab, Delisle explores Jerusalem and is able to observe this strange world with candidness and humor...But most of all, those stories convey what life in East Jerusalem is about for an expatriate."--Haaretz"Engaging... Delisle] highlights the very complex lives of Israelis, Pale[...]
The follow-up graphic novel to the acclaimed "Pyongyang: A Journey to North Korea"
"Shenzhen "is entertainingly compact, with Guy Delisle's observations of life in a cold urban city in southern China that is sealed off from the rest of the country by electric fences and armed guards. With a dry w[...]
Meditations on fatherhood from the author of "Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City"
With "A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting," the trademark dry humor that pervades Guy Delisle's landmark and praised graphic travelogues takes center stage. Quick, light vignettes play on the worries and c[...]
Ever wanted to know how to be awarded the Best Dad in the Whole World? Guy Delisle has all the answers for you in these light-hearted, entertaining tales of parental mishaps and practi--cal jokes gone wrong. Whether he's helping remove a pesky, wob--bly, but not quite loose tooth or trying to win at[...]
Pyongyang av Guy Delisle er uten tvil en av de mest spennende tegneserie-romanene som er kommet ut i Frankrike de siste årene. Boken bringer oss til en kultur og et landskap som nærmest er ukjent i Norge, nemlig Nord-Korea og Kim Jong Il.s regime. Pyongyang bryter med alle sjangre eller leker me[...]
Med tegneserieromanen "Opptegnelser fra Jerusalem" gir Guy Delisle oss et lavmælt men svært engasjerende innblikk i denne hellige byens mange motsetninger. Han kommer til Jerusalem med kone og to barn. Kona har fått jobb hos Leger uten grenser i ett år, og Delisle blir hjemmeværende med stor tr[...]
Nordkorea. Den helt mörklagda flygplatsen, femtiovåningshotell där bara den femtonde har lamporna tända, vägarna utan trafik, de ständigt närvarande bilderna på Kim Il-Sung och Kim Jong-Il, och naturligtvis: propagandan. År 2001 tillbringade den kanadensiske serietecknaren Guy Delisle två [...]
Guy Delisle on matkustanut Pohjois-Korean pääkaupunkiin työskennelläkseen paikallisella animaatioelokuvastudiolla. Tässä albumissa hän kertoo lukijoille arjestaan yhdessä maailman salamyhkäisimmistä ja tyrannimaisimmin hallituista maista. Propagandaa, automatisoituneesti käyttäytyviä ih[...]
Kanadalainen Guy Delisle on lähetetty kolmeksi kuukaudeksi Kiinaan työskentelemään paikallisella animaatioelokuvastudiolla. Tässä ainutlaatuisessa päiväkirjassa hän kuvaa humoristisia havaintojaan Shenzhenin erityistalousalueelta ja kielimuurista huolimatta solmimiaan ihmissuhteita.Shenzhen[...]