Name: Shenzhen
ISBN: 9783866158689

Guy Delisle

Shenzhen

The follow-up graphic novel to the acclaimed "Pyongyang: A Journey to North Korea" "Shenzhen "is entertainingly compact, with Guy Delisle's observations of life in a cold urban city in southern China that is 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. By translating his fish-out-of-water experiences into accessible graphic novels, Delisle is quick to find the humor and point out the differences between Western and Eastern cultures. Yet he never forgets to relay his compassion for the simple freedoms that escape his colleagues by virtue of living in a Communist state.

A Travelogue from China

Nadine 

A fun blast from the past of Shenzhen in the 90's. Delisle writes about a period when he was temporarily living in Shenzhen, a time when it took hours to get between HK and Shenzhen, and few people spoke English.
Even though it is situated in China with all the difficulties of language and culture, it is not dissimilar to what any business traveller on an extended trip may experience in a foreign country or city. Including breaking through into relationships with colleagues just as one is about to depart.

Yega

Andrea Mack

Hannah Yoon

Ozge Kara

Joana Sá 

Andrew Louis

Zoe Stricker

Saliha

Ana Ferreira

Dylan Garrett

Clara

Ziemek

Dario Santos 

Maggie Gordon

Nicole Leeflang

Raphaëlle Paris

Rohit Gupta

Guy Delisle's work for a French animation studio requires him to oversee production at various Asian studios on the grim frontiers of free trade. His employer puts him up for months at a time in 'cold and soulless' hotel rooms where he suffers the usual deprivations of a man very far from home. After Pyongyang, his book about the strange society that is North Korea, Delisle turned his attention to Shenzhen, the cold, urban city in Southern China that is sealed off with electric fences and armed guards from the rest of the country. The result is another brilliant graphic novel - funny, scary, utterly original and illuminating.

Shenzhen

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