Guy Delisle is a Canadian animator famous for his graphic novels about his travels to other other countries. Pyongyang is the chronicle of his two monGuy Delisle is a Canadian animator famous for his graphic novels about his travels to other other countries. Pyongyang is the chronicle of his two month stay in North Korea prior to 9/11. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 I read this in one sitting and was stupefied and amazed that such a country can even exist in today's free world.Guy Deslile has given us a witty ,sarcastic and intelligent novel with a wry sense of humour that had me laughing aloud at several places . 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Well,can you imagine living in a country where 1) no internet connection,radio and any other access exists to know what goes on in the outside world.In fact ,they will jail you if you even try to own a radio, 2) no cable TV is allowed and the only two channels will telecast programs about the greatness of Kim Jong and his father round the clock 3)Ordinary people cannot own cars (roads are empty) and minimum electricity is used 4)The people believe that Kim Jong and his father are Gods and every citizen has to wear a pin with their photos when they are outside 5)All the monuments are built for them and the papers are also about them 6) people work all seven days and only on jobs given to them by the government .7)Concentration camps exist and people happily betray each other for better jobs or privileges .Anyone can vanish anytime.8)No cinema,movies,pubs,amusement parks (anything which will corrupt the people)9) foreigners are always accompanied by a guide who never let's them sight.I think you must have got the idea 🙊🙊 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 In fact ,Guy Deslisle says that common sense is a rare commodity in Korea and the reader will concur with him. The only con about the books was that we never get to see the culture or customs of the North Korean people. Maybe,the reason is that the novelist was not allowed to mingle with anyone as chronicled in the novel .All in all,an enlightening read😊😊😊.I would love to check out his "Burma" and "Jerusalem" books😀....more
I love to travel and see new places and therefore I love reading travelogues and descriptions of new places ,cultures ,customs and people around the wI love to travel and see new places and therefore I love reading travelogues and descriptions of new places ,cultures ,customs and people around the world. Stewart decides to buy an old sheep farm in a remote location in the Alpajurra Mountains in Southern Spain. He convinced his wife Ana to join him and the novel is a delightful description of how they start from scratch even without water and electricity to build a farm and a family 😁 simultaneously with a multitude of obstacles in the form of weather ,grumpy people and also local environmental hurdles. Trust me ,you are transported to Spain when you read this and you can actually start smelling the olives and lemons.😊...more
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