Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City

Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy DeLisle, 336 pages.

Guy DeLisle, animator, graphic artist and graphic travel writer, moved with his children and wife to Jerusalem while she worked for Medecin sans Frontiere for a year. DelLisle's drawings and text give his version of the state of Israel, its citizens and their relationship to Gaza, the West Bank, and the Palestinians. It's not a cheery story. He describes his encounters with settlers, armed joggers, soldiers at countless checkpoints, and disillusioned NGO workers. Delisle does a wonderful job conveying a sense of place and of the sometimes hopeless situations he encounters.

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