Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China | 
so-soThis travelogue / graphic novel is more subdued than Delisle‘s travelogue of North Korea. However, it‘s still a fun and fast read.
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so-soThis travelogue / graphic novel is more subdued than Delisle‘s travelogue of North Korea. However, it‘s still a fun and fast read.
When a Foreigner chats with a man from China 😃
so-soA two book day!
This was Guy Delisle's first travel book and it really does show. A little less focused, a little more self-indulgent and a little less thought about the situation and the lives of those in the place he's visiting. The more interesting observations and empathy he shows in his later books (particularly Jerusalem) are missing here. Still, it was interesting to see how he began documenting his journeys.
#photoadaynov16 day 5: #threwitacrosstheroom
Guy Delisle worked in Shenzhen, China, for a while, wrote this graphic memoir about it, but decided to string together random Chinese sentences (which read like they're taken from an economics article) to pretend it's conversation. Since he bothered to copy Chinese characters why not copy something that would make sense? This is one book that made me so angry!
panNo, Guy Delisle, randomly copying Chinese characters and stringing them together does not make for a good book about your stay in China.
