Full name: Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China

Author: Guy Delisle Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Graphic Novels, Travel Culture: China Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads OpenLibrary Amazon Google Books LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780224079914 9781770460799 0224079913

Shenzhen is entertainingly compact with Guy Delisle'€™s observations of life in urban southern China, sealed off from the rest of the country by electric fences and armed guards. With a dry wit and a clean line, Delisle makes the most of his time spent in Asia overseeing outsourced production for a French animation company. He brings to life the quick pace of Shenzhen'€™s crowded streets. By translating his fish-out-of-water experiences into accessible graphic novels, Delisle skillfully notes the differences between Western and Eastern cultures, while also conveying his compassion for the simple freedoms that escape his colleagues in the Communist state. Similar books: Little White Duck by Na Liu An Age of License by Lucy Knisley Funny Misshapen Body by Jeffrey Brown Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle Pyongyang by Guy Delisle The Quitter by Harvey Pekar Scenes from an Impending Marriage by Adrian Tomine Lucky by Gabrielle Bell Displacement by Lucy Knisley Good Eggs by Phoebe Potts Paying for It by Chester Brown Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar Uncomfortably Happily by Yeon-sik Hong The Voyeurs by Gabrielle Bell The Early Arrival of Dreams by Rosemary Mahoney Hostage by Guy Delisle Blankets by Craig Thompson We Must Be Gods by Mel Hynes The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley Lost At Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley