This graphic-novel is a memoir and travelogue of Delisle's year in Jerusalem with his partner (who works for Médecines sans Frontières) and their young children. Using simple, sensitive line drawings with astute often funny non-judgmental comments, he observes and records the population's complex daily lives with the ever-present wall, checkpoints, traffic jams, the settlements and the seemingly insoluble differences that afflict everyone whether Jew, Arab, Christian or Secularist. It left me feeling baffled but better informed. A stunning book.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 68 Spring 2013 ) |
