TY - BOOK AU - Delisle,Guy AU - Dascher,Helge TI - Jerusalem: chronicles from the Holy City SN - 1770461760 AV - PN6733.D44 C4713 2015 U1 - 915.694420454 23 PY - 2015/// CY - [Montréal, Québec] PB - Drawn & Quarterly KW - Delisle, Guy KW - Jerusalem KW - Description and travel KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Comics (Graphic works) KW - lcgft KW - Graphic novels KW - Nonfiction comics N1 - Translation of: Chroniques de Jérusalem; "First paperback edition: March 2015"--Title page verso N2 - "Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of contemporary Jerusalem, utilizing the classic stranger-in-a-strange-land point of view ... for understanding what daily life is like in cities few are able to travel to. In Jerusalem : Chronicles from the Holy City, Delisle explores the complexities of a city that represents so much to so many. He eloquently examines the impact of the conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian : checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays. When observing the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim populations that call Jerusalem home, Delisle's drawn line is both sensitive and fair, assuming nothing and drawing everything"--Page 4 of cover ER -