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Guy Delisle: Burma Chronicles (Hardcover, 2009, Jonathan Cape)

After developing his acclaimed style of firsthand reporting with his bestselling graphic novels Pyongyang: A …

Silence is golden

This one felt different from Delisle’s other work: more episodic, more editorial commentary, more dad jokes. I didn’t like those bits as much, but as ever, his drawing is wonderful. A little comics journalism and memoir gives us his particular experience in this country where his wife is in Medecins Sans Frontieres. The silent stretches were often my fave, as well as the Water Festival and Buddhist retreat.