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Pyongyang

A Journey in North Korea

By Guy Delisle

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| Hardcover | 9781896597898

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A westerner's visit into North Korea, told in the form of a graphic novel.

Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. In early 2001 cartoonist Guy Delisle became one of the few WeContinue

A westerner's visit into North Korea, told in the form of a graphic novel.

Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. In early 2001 cartoonist Guy Delisle became one of the few Westerners to be allowed access to the fortresslike country. While living in the nation's capital for two months on a work visa for a French film animation company, Delisle observed what he was allowed to see of the culture and lives of the few North Koreans he encountered; his findings form the basis of this remarkable graphic novel. Pyongyang is an informative, personal, and accessible look at a dangerous and enigmatic country.

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  • Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle

    Meet Guy. He's a French-Canadian animator, leaving home for a short stay in the capital of one of the world's most intriguing, unknown and alien cultures - Pyongyang, North Korea - so he can work on a TV cartoon co-production. Forced to stay in one o ... (read full critics)

    thebookbag published on Wed, 29 Sep 2010

  • Peppered goat lung, anyone?

    Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle 176pp, Jonathan Cape, £12.99 Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China by Guy Delisle 148pp, Jonathan Cape, £14.99 These two graphic memoirs, written and drawn several years apart but published simultaneousl ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • The style is more various than Burma Chronicles and Shen Zen, to counterbalance the absence of action and the insignificance of time that the country communicates to the author. Funny, bitter, sometimes boring.

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