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Original Title:	Chroniques birmanes
ISBN:	0224087711 (ISBN13: 9780224087711)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Myanmar Burma

Burma Chronicles

Guy Delisle

Hardcover | Pages: 272 pages

Rating: 3.99 | 10161 Users | 764 Reviews

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Title	:	Burma Chronicles
Author	:	Guy Delisle
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2009 by Jonathan Cape (first published October 17th 2007)
Categories	:	Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. Nonfiction. Travel. Bande Dessinée. Autobiography. Memoir

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So here's what sums up why this book failed to impress me:

Halfway through, Delisle is showing a western journalist/illustrator around Burma/Myanmar. He points out how people carry their umbrellas stuffed into the back of their longyis (or lungis as we call them in India) and also sometimes hanging from the backs of their shirt collars - which he calls 'weird'. I don't know man. Walking through crowded chaotic streets - makes sense you'd want your hands free. But because that's not how they do it back in Canafrancadapolis, it's 'weird'.

A few pages later, Delisle and the other white guy are stuck under a tree in a rural area, stranded in the rains. A villager comes running up to them twice, to bring an umbrella each for them. He then invites them back to his house to warm up and eat something. Someone who speaks English is found to interpret. Delisle explains that a government worker also has to be present to report on their conversations.

In all this, Delilsle fails to note the selfless compassion shown by a man who at least once walked back to his home without an umbrella to help out two grown men who were incapable of making their way through the same rain. In fact, looking at the drawings (in Delisle's crude but moderately effective style), it is clear that their host never used an umbrella himself.

You know what's 'weird' Delisle? The fact that you take this incredible act of gallantry totally for granted. that's fucking weird.

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Ratings: 3.99 From 10161 Users | 764 Reviews

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Very very highly recommended to all my friends.I have read exactly two graphic novels so far -Persepolis and this. Both have been mindblowing. This one gave me a virtual tour of Burma/Myanmar, a country about which I know shockingly little. The distinctly non-judgemental humorous tone and superb sketches helped tremendously. I would definitely be re-reading this as I am sure many gems got missed on the first read.

What a delightful read! Guy Delisle has chronicled his stay in Burma so well you almost feel like you're on a trip. A very good book to get started with if you're interested in different cultures around the world. Delisle has illustrated nearly everything - his day to day adventures, some isolated incidents, little surprises...you feel as though you're exploring Burma alongside him. Pick it up and go visit a new country sometime!

Poignant and melancholic. Penetrates the heart. Good work. Loved the illustrations.Recommended to graphic novel readers.

Good work. Better than Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea. Guy Delisle seems more accepting towards the local culture in Burma Chronicles than what he seemed to be in Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea. And I think its obvious. He stayed in Pyongyang for only 2 months and his social circle consisted only of other foreigners like him. The only substantial contact he ever had with the locals was with his guides provided by the government of North Korea. So, it was natural that a certain

Interesting because you learn about Burma. Annoying because the whole book seems to be more about Delisle than the country and the people in it. Even his wife only has a very marginal role in the comic, even when they are on trips together. I think his work will improve when he focuses less on himself and more on the world around him.

I like it when travel writers show me a country that I'll probably never see in my lifetime. Burma, also known as Myanmar, has been under military control since a coup in 1962, and it has a reputation of being one of the worst dictatorships on the planet. In 2005, President George W. Bush called Burma one of six "outposts of tyranny," along with North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Zimbabwe and Belarus. Guy Delisle and his family spent a year living in Burma while his wife worked for Doctors Without

There are so many beautiful graphic novels out there. It's a bit difficult to get hands on the ones I cherish. But it's good that some of them are available O:) Guy Delisle's travelogue comics are interesting. This is the second book I am reading in a row sketched by him. This one is about his almost one year's stay in Burma in 2008 during the dictatorship regime. Aung Saan Suu Kyi was still under house arrest. Oh I learnt, some countries like USA, UK, Australia, Canada etc. still refer the