Burma Chronicles

by Guy Delisle

This is a graphic novel written by Guy Delisle who was a househusband – his wife was working for Médecins Sans Frontiers in Burma. He has a wonderful eye for small but illuminating details.

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Burma Chronicles

by Guy Delisle

Other books by Guy Delisle

Pyongyang by Guy Delisle

Our most recommended books

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Middlemarch by George Eliot

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book) by Mary Shelley

The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

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Pyongyang
by Guy Delisle

On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy

Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book)
by Mary Shelley

The Odyssey
by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson