{"product_id":"burma-chronicles-book-guy-delisle-9780224087711","title":"Burma Chronicles","description":"After developing his acclaimed style of firsthand reporting with his bestselling graphic novels \"Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea\" and \"Shenzen: A Travelogue from China\", Guy Delisle is back with \"Burma Chronicles\". In this country notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control - where scissors-wielding censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under decade-long house arrest, insurgent-controlled regions are effectively cut off from the world, and rumour is the most reliable source of current information - he turns his gaze to the everyday for a sense of the bigger picture. Delisle's deft and recognisable renderings take note of almsgiving rituals, daylong power-cuts and rampant heroin use in outlying regions, in this place where catastrophic mismanagement and ironhanded rule come up against profound resilience of spirit, expatriate life ambles along, and non-governmental organisations struggle with the risk of co-option by the military junta. \"Burma Chronicles\" is drawn with a minimal line, and interspersed with wordless vignettes and moments of Delisle's distinctive slapstick humour.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49574072254737,"sku":"GOR003792460","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49652850655505,"sku":"GOR004125535","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0224087711.jpg?v=1751133064","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/burma-chronicles-book-guy-delisle-9780224087711","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}