Jerusalem

Chronicles from the Holy City

paperback, 344 pages

Published Aug. 18, 2015 by Drawn and Quarterly.

ISBN:
978-1-77046-176-5
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4 stars (8 reviews)

"Delisle explores the complexities of a city that represents so much to so many. He eloquently examines the impact of the conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays. When observing the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim populations that call Jerusalem home, Delisle's drawn line is both sensitive and fair, assuming nothing and drawing everything" -- paper band on book.

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Review of 'Jerusalem' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

the intention here was to have the politics come through via a wilfully ignorant narrator going about their daily life in Jerusalem, losing their keys, picking up their kids, trying to get work done etc.

faux-naive is probably my least favourite register, here it lends itself to framing the question of supporting the settlements in terms of a bourgeois anxiety re: ethical consumption but on the other hand it emphasises the moments in which settlers reveal themselves to be paranoid racist freaks, e.g. calling MSF and Obama Hamas supporters. the author is of course subject to the same accusations in the comment section here, as ever it underlines that any angle on the occupation which is even slightly clear-eyed will be condemned as anti-Semitic propaganda

Review of 'Jerusalem' on Goodreads

5 stars

1) "Ah, y'a la télé. Et même un lecteur DVD. Et qui lit... les formats... DIVX. Cool. Les enfents pourront regarder 'Chapi Chapo.'
Mmm... des livres. Plein de livres. Beaucoup de gens sont passés par ici, on dirait... des espagnols, des anglophones, des italiens... bibliothèque sans frontières.
Oeuvres de jeunesse, poésie... il y a au moins 5 livres de Victor Hugo. Sans doute un grand romantique, on en croise régulièrement parmi les humanitaires. Un jeune médecin, je parie...
On trouve tout un tas de traces laisées par ceux qui sont passés ici. Des petits bouts de vie laisées derrière soi. On en laissera sûrement à notre tour."

2) "Ce week-end, une de ces psychologues dort chez nous (dans la pièce qui me sert d'atelier). À un moment, je la vois qui parle avec Alice.
'Qu'est-ce qui se passe, elle t'embête?'
'Non, c'est rien. Elle a pris mon doudou.'
'Ton doudou?' …

Review of 'Jerusalem' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Excellent book, detailing common little everyday things people face in the region. Although i lack the background required to understand everything, it's still an interesting read. Definitely makes me want to research a bit more into the region, and maybe even visit some day.

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