This graphic-novel is a memoir and travelogue of Delisle's year in Jerusalem with his partner (who works for Médecines sans Fronti�res) 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 ) |
