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| BURMA CHRONICLES HC |
| Author:
GUY DELISLE
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| Publisher:
VINTAGE
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"After developing his acclaimed style of firsthand reporting with his bestselling graphic novels ""Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea"" and ""Shenzen: A Travelogue from China"", Guy Delisle is back with ""Burma Chronicles"". In this country notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control - where scissors-wielding censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under decade-long house arrest, insurgent-controlled regions are effectively cut off from the world, and rumour is the most reliable source of current information - he turns his gaze to the everyday for a sense of the bigger picture. Delisle's deft and recognisable renderings take note of almsgiving rituals, daylong power-cuts and rampant heroin use in outlying regions, in this place where catastrophic mismanagement and ironhanded rule come up against profound resilience of spirit, expatriate life ambles along, and non-governmental organisations struggle with the risk of co-option by the military junta. ""Burma Chronicles"" is drawn with a minimal line, and interspersed with wordless vignettes and moments of Delisle's distinctive slapstick humour."
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| ISBN: 9780224087711 |
| Language: English |
| Release Date: 16/04/2009 |
| Pages: 272 |
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