Description
| Product ID: | 9780224096188 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Title: | Burma Chronicles |
| Authors: | Author: Guy Delisle |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions, Graphic novels |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Burma is notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control: where scissor-wielding censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under decade-long house arrest, insurgent-controlled regions are effectively cut off from the world, and rumour is the most reliable source of current information. Guy Delisle''s newest travelogue revolves around a year spent in Burma (also known as Myanmar) with his wife and son. Burma is notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control: where scissor-wielding censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under decade-long house arrest, insurgent-controlled regions are effectively cut off from the world, and rumour is the most reliable source of current information. |
| Imprint Name: | Jonathan Cape Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-09-08 |
