Jerusalem
by Guy Delisle
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86%
Critic Reviews: 19
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74%
Reader Ratings: 27
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Synopsis
Acclaimed graphic memoirist Guy Delisle returns with his strongest work yet—a thoughtful and moving travelogue about life in the Holy City.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 are able to travel to. In... more
About Guy Delisle
Published: April 24, 2012 by Macmillan Publishing
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels. Non-fiction. 320 pages
- All Critics: 19
- Positive: 17
- Negative: 2
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The New York Times | 1 Jun 2012
Delisle, a former animator, has a knack for visual shorthand...
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Los Angeles Times | 17 Jun 2012
That tone of both discovery and befuddlement becomes the defining sensibility of "Jerusalem," which is, remarkably, a book about the miraculous serendipity of the everyday.
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National Post | 4 May 2012
Jerusalem provides both an excellent introduction to the conflict in the Middle East and a fascinating close-up of what it’s like to live in the most sacred city in the world.
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Comic Book Resources | 23 Apr 2012
Despite Delisle’s considerable dry wit this might be his darkest, saddest travelogue book yet, and that’s saying something for a man that’s been to North Korea.
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The Telegraph | 25 Jun 2012
...Delisle offers an equally valuable sense of what it actually feels like to be there.
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Slant Magazine | 25 Apr 2012
As a whole, the book is both enjoyable and instructive; it makes you chuckle and grin, and it makes you feel like a more informed, concerned citizen of the world.
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The Globe and Mail | 27 Apr 2012
Jerusalem is not only an extremely handsome book... but it also presents Delisle – who has received his knocks in the past for his handling of social and political issues – at his career best.
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Just William's Luck | 29 May 2012
It's accessible, entertaining, informative and touching.
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The Telegraph | 28 Jun 2012
...his quizzical, bemused approach comes as a breath of fresh air on a topic fraught with political division.
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Publishers Weekly | 20 Feb 2012
Dascher’s translation is fluid, and the colors by Delisle and Lucie Firoud are effective at setting off distinct scenes.
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Archive 7 | 31 May 2012
...Delisle manages to humanize the larger issues by allowing us to meet the people and routines on both sides that exist in the middle of history.
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The Comics Journal | 18 Jun 2012
The problem is that there’s not enough of a spine, either narrative... or emotional...
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AV Club | 2 Apr 2012
As always, Delisle shows an equal knack for pantomime comedy and for more involved personal observations...
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The Comics Reporter | 17 Jul 2012
I like Jersusalem of all of Guy Delisle's travelogue books...
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Hooded Utilitarian | 17 May 2012
These flaws are laid bare in Jerusalem which is morally earnest but sadly leaden and inconsequential.
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Bookmunch | 17 Jun 2012
It’s a terrific book and, like his previous travelogues, well worthy of being re-read.
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Geist.com
Delisle’s attention to the day-to-day details of life in Jerusalem makes the reader want to learn more.
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New Statesman | 17 Jun 2012
Without Delisle we might never learn what it’s actually like to live in a place like this, or get a realistic idea of the people we would meet if we did.
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