Burma Chronicles
by Guy Delisle
From the author of PYONGYANG: A JOURNEY IN NORTH KOREA, SHENZHEN: A TRAVELOGUE FROM CHINA, IS BURMA CHRONICLES, an informative look at a country that uses concealment and isolation as social control. It is drawn with Delisle's minimal line while interspersed with wordless vignettes and moments of his distinctive slapstick humor.
close this panelBorn in Québec City in 1966, GUY DELISLE now lives in the south of France with his wife and son. Delisle has spent ten years, mostly in Europe, working in animation, which allowed him to learn about movement and drawing. As the majority of animation is now done in Asia, Delisle is now focusin gon his cartooning. In addition to Drawn & Quarterly, Delisle is publihsed by Editions de L'Association and Editions Dargaud in France, and Editions de la Pasteque in Montreal. Delisle is currently working on a graphic novel about his year spent living in Jerusalem.
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