false <![CDATA[Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172727234m/210946.jpg 210946 4 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. 2398408 2000 Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China total:302|5:43|4:138|3:94|2:25|1:2| 302 1101 381 74 4 1 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 19:41:37 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 20:00:53 -0800 2009 This book is mainly a series of anecdotes and observations about living in Shenzhen. There's not much of an overarching plot, but the author admits that and luckily his anecdotes and observations are genuinely funny and certainly ring true for anyone who has lived in China. He's able to conv...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 12:52:59 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 01:22:28 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 11:03:48 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 11:06:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:42:32 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 09:12:10 -0800 2009 Pyongyang had a theme and more or less of a plot, Shenzhen seems like a whole bunch of anecdotes strung together.

That said, I still liked it a lot.

I feel like Delisle wanted to come down harder on the Chinese, but couldn't really find any reason to. I felt like he wa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 24 14:19:58 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 14:33:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 23:21:46 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 16 00:43:58 -0800 2007 Pyongyang, but finishing Shenzhen makes me want to go to a 24-hour bookseller and buy it now. That said, Shenzhen is not a sequel by any means -- it stands alone, and in fact, standing alone is the entire thrust of this great graphic novel.

...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 15:08:32 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 15:12:12 -0800 2009 Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea and a little less than Burma Chronicles. Guy's art improves a lot in the other two books, but this has a nice 'inner monologue' sort of style.more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 05:51:10 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 06:56:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 15:35:50 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 15:41:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 08:19:55 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 08:23:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 20:53:18 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 20:58:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 11:33:50 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 11:36:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:34:37 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:38:09 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 15 17:36:17 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 08:22:27 -0800 2008
i think i liked this one a little more than pyongyang.....it had less structure than py, and at times i felt sadder while reading it, but...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 17:28:26 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 05:35:08 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 15:14:52 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 15:16:36 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 08:36:19 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 08:37:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 02:54:04 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 21:04:37 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 01:51:52 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 01:52:59 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:44:50 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:45:08 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=210946