Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China
Shenzhen is entertainingly compact with Guy Delisle's observations of life in a cold urban city in southern China that is sealed off by electric fences and armed guards from the rest of the country. With a dry wit and a clean line, Delisle makes the most of his time spent in Asia overseeing...
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Shenzhen is entertainingly compact with Guy Delisle's observations of life in a cold urban city in southern China that is sealed off by electric fences and armed guards from the rest of the country. With a dry wit and a clean line, Delisle makes the most of his time spent in Asia overseeing outsourced production for a French animation 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.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9781770460799
Publish date: 2012 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Pages no: 152
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Cultural,
Asia,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Canada,
China,
Bande Dessinée
This was a second travelogue written by Guy Delisle after Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea. The plot is almost identical to Pyongyang. Guy Delisle goes to Shenzhen, China to work on an animation project for 3 months. But unlike Pyongyang, Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China is totally devoid of a...
As the author says early on, this is a minor work as not much happens. He likes to note what he's eating (although he often doesn't know), including goat lung, dog, and pig gums. It's a quick read.
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