thedailywhat: Recommended Reading of the Day: On the occasion of the long-overdue release of Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi following seven years under house arrest, allow me to recommend quite possibly the best account of day-to-day life in the Southeast Asian “republic” run by an isolationist, astrology-influenced military junta: Guy DeLisle’s graphic novel, Burma Chronicles. DeLisle, a Canadien cartoonist, follows his wife, an aid worker with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), to Burma, where he proceeds to take in the quotidian Burmese experience as a stranger in a strange land. Burma Chronicles is at once a travel guide the likes of which you won’t soon find in the Frommer’s aisle of your local book shop, and the private reflections of a casual observer trying to explain the inexplicable. Hardcovers are available now through Amazon, with used copies starting at $8.50. The paperback version is due for release December 7, and is presently available for pre-order. After you’re finished devouring Burma Chronicles, make sure to check out DeLisle’s other graphic travel journals: Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China and Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea.

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Recommended Reading of the Day: On the occasion of the long-overdue release of Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi following seven years under house arrest, allow me to recommend quite possibly the best account of day-to-day life in the Southeast Asian “republic” run by an isolationist, astrology-influenced military junta: Guy DeLisle’s graphic novel, Burma Chronicles.

DeLisle, a Canadien cartoonist, follows his wife, an aid worker with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), to Burma, where he proceeds to take in the quotidian Burmese experience as a stranger in a strange land. Burma Chronicles is at once a travel guide the likes of which you won’t soon find in the Frommer’s aisle of your local book shop, and the private reflections of a casual observer trying to explain the inexplicable.

Hardcovers are available now through Amazon, with used copies starting at $8.50. The paperback version is due for release December 7, and is presently available for pre-order.

After you’re finished devouring Burma Chronicles, make sure to check out DeLisle’s other graphic travel journals: Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China and Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea.

(Source: thedailywhat)

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