Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City

ISBN-13: 9781770461765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 344 str.

Guy Delisle; Helge Dascher

Opis

" "Jerusalem"] is a small miracle: concise, even-handed, highly particular." "The Guardian"
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"Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City" is the acclaimed graphic memoirist Guy Delisle's strongest work yet, a thoughtful and moving travelogue about life in contemporary Jerusalem. Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of the Holy City, utilizing the classic "stranger in a strange land" point of view that made his other books required reading for understanding what daily life is like in cities few are able to travel to. "Jerusalem" explores the complexities of a city that represents so much to so many. It eloquently examines the impact of conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays.
When observing the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim populations that call Jerusalem home, Delisle's drawn line is both sensitive and fair, assuming nothing and drawing everything. A sixteen-page appendix to the paperback edition lets the reader behind the curtain, revealing intimate process sketches from Delisle's time in Jerusalem.
"Jerusalem" is a masterfully hewn travelogue; topping Best of 2012 lists from "The Guardian," "Paste," and the "Montreal Gazette," it was the graphic novel of the year."

O autorze

Guy Delisle, geboren 1966 in Quebec, studierte plastische Kunst in Toronto. Von 1986 bis 1988 arbeitete er für das Zeichentrickstudio CinéGroupe in Montréal, anschließend ging er nach Europa und zeichnete für Studios in München, Berlin und Valencia. Seit 1991 lebt und arbeitet Guy Delisle in Montpellier.