Guy Delisle Livres

1997 wird Christophe André, Mitarbeiter der hilfsorganisation Ärzte ohne Grenzen, im Nordkaukasus von tschetschenischen Separatisten entführt. Guy Delisle hat Christophe André einige jahre später getroffen und die Geschichte seiner Geiselhaft aufgezeichnet: 111 Tage Warten, ohne jedes Wissen um das, was draußen passiert, ob man ihn für tot hält oder um seine Rettung bemüht ist. Guy Delisle, Autor so erfolgreicher Reportagecomics wie AUFZEICHNUNGEN AUS JERUSALEM, BIRMA und PJÖNGJANG ist neben Joe Sacco zweifellos der bekannteste Comicdokumentarist. Zum ersten Mal nimmt er sich hier einer fremden Geschichte an und setzt sie sensibel und erschütternd zugleich um.

Der kleine Louis fährt im Sommer mit seinem Papa ans Meer. Während sein Vater sich damit begnügt, ein wenig am Strand herzumzulümmeln, sehnt sich Louis nach dem Abenteuer. Um aus dem Alltag des langweiligen Strandurlaubs auszubrechen, erschafft er sich kurzerhand aus seiner Decke einen imaginären Freund. Zu zweit werden Heldengeschichten um die Bewohner der Sandburgen erfunden und auch der Tanz mit einem Riesenfisch macht viel mehr Spaß, wenn man dabei nicht allein ist… Und überhaupt: In Louis’ kindlicher Fantasie ist nichts unmöglich.

Des informations sur la vie quotidienne d'un des pays les plus secrets, la Corée du Nord, et de sa capitale, Pyong Yang.

Oublier le passage de la petite souris, traumatiser sa fille avec une terrifiante histoire d'arbre qui pousse dans l'estomac, dénicher des conseils peu avisés pour encourager fiston à taper plus fort sur le punching bag... Guy Delisle, un mauvais père ? Non, un auteur de bande dessinée qui sait puiser l'imagination là où elle se trouve, avec un sens aigu de l'observation et une bonne dose d'autodérision.

Acclaimed graphic memoirist Delisle returns with a thoughtful and moving travelogue about life in East Jerusalem and his involvement with the brutal, three-week Gaza War.

HOW DOES ONE SURVIVE WHEN ALL HOPE IS LOST? In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe Andre was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. For three months, Andre was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement, with little to survive on and almost no contact with the outside world. Close to twenty years later, award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle (Pyongyang, Jerusalem, Shenzhen, Burma Chronicles) recounts Andre's harrowing experience in Hostage, a book that attests to the power of one man's determination in the face of a hopeless situation. Marking a departure from the author's celebrated first-person travelogues, Delisle tells the story through the perspective of the titular captive, who strives to keep his mind alert as desperation starts to set in. Working in a pared down style with muted colour washes, Delisle conveys the psychological effects of solitary confinement, compelling us to ask ourselves some difficult questions regarding the repercussions of negotiating with kidnappers and what it really means to be free. Thoughtful, intense, and moving, Hostage takes a profound look at what drives our will to survive in the darkest of moments.

"[Jerusalem] is a small miracle: concise, even-handed, highly particular." —The Guardian 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.

Guy Delisle's newest travelogue revolves around a year spent in Burma (also known as Myanmar) with his wife and son.

Shenzhen is entertainingly compact with Guy Delisle's observations of life in urban southern China, sealed off from the rest of the country by electric fences and armed guards. With a dry wit and a clean line, Delisle makes the most of his time spent in Asia overseeing outsourced production for a French animation company. He brings to life the quick pace of Shenzhen's crowded streets. By translating his fish-out-of-water experiences into accessible graphic novels, Delisle skillfully notes the differences between Western and Eastern cultures, while also conveying his compassion for the simple freedoms that escape his colleagues in the Communist state.