Shenzhen
A Travelogue from China
Drawn & Quarterly
Available: 10/17/06
6.52 x 8.61 · 152 pages
Ages -
9781894937795
CDN $24.95
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With dust jacket
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The follow-up graphic novel to the acclaimed Pyongyang: A Journey to North Korea
Shenzhen is entertainingly compact, with Guy Delisle's observations of life in a cold urban city in southern China that is 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 Frenchanimation company. By translating his fish-out-of-water experiences into accessible graphic novels,Delisle is quick to find the humor and point out the differences between Western and Eastern cultures. Yet he never forgets to relay his compassion for the simple freedoms that escape his colleagues by virtue of living in a Communist state.
Born in Québec City, Canada, in 1966, Guy Delisle now lives in the south of France with his wife and two children. Delisle spent ten years working in animation, which allowed him to learn about movement and drawing. He is best known for his travelogues about life in faraway countries: Burma Chronicles, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Pyongyang, and Shenzhen. He has sinceexpanded his oeuvre by telling a Doctors Without Borders acquaintance's story as a nail-biting thriller ( Hostage ) and revisiting his teen years and first summer job ( Factory Summers ).
