Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

ISBN: 1770463372

Author: Delisle, Guy

Condition: New

The perennial graphic novel about a hermit country, with a new cover and an introduction by Gore VerbinskiGuy Delisles Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea is the graphic novel that made his career, an international bestseller for more than ten years. Delisle became one of the few Westerners to be allowed access to the fortress-like country when he was working in animation for a French company.While living in the nations capital for two months on a work visa, Delisle observed everything he was allowed to see of the culture and lives of the few North Koreans he encountered, bringing a sardonic and skeptical perspective on a place rife with propaganda. As a guide to the country, Delisle is a non-believer with a keen eye for the humor and tragedy of dictatorial whims, expressed in looming architecture and tiny, omnipresent photos of the president. The absurd vagaries of everyday life become fodder for a frustrated animators musings as boredom and censorship sink in. Delisle himself is the ideal foil for North Korean spin, the grumpy outsider who brought a copy of George Orwells 1984 with him into the totalitarian nation.Pyongyang is an informative, personal, and accessible look at a dangerous and enigmatic country.