![]() ![]() Guy Delisle uses a fair, subtle touch to convey the Holy City of Jerusalem through the eyes of a relatively neutral outsider not invested in the conflict, a point-of-view. 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. Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City is the best book I have found to break down the Israeli/Palestinian conflict into terms that are understandable to the average reader. A sixteen-page appendix to the paperback edition lets the reader behind the curtain, revealing intimate process sketches from Delisle's time in Jerusalem. 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. ![]() 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. Jerusalem explores the complexities of a city that represents so much to so many. 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: 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. ![]() ![]()
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