--- product_id: 192781301 title: "Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City Kindle & comiXology" brand: "guy delisle" price: "KD 7.50" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/192781301-jerusalem-chronicles-from-the-holy-city-kindle-and-comixology store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City Kindle & comiXology **Brand:** guy delisle **Price:** KD 7.50 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City Kindle & comiXology by guy delisle - **How much does it cost?** KD 7.50 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/192781301-jerusalem-chronicles-from-the-holy-city-kindle-and-comixology) ## Best For - guy delisle enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted guy delisle brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City Kindle & comiXology - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-0C5N3hrL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A different, and honest tone shift for Delisle *by H***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 28, 2013* Like other reviewers, I'm also a huge fan of Delisle's other works and am very grateful that he still has a couple other collections out there for me to enjoy.This book is markedly different from his other travel books and I knew when reading it that when I was finished I'd find plenty of angry reviews online.Sure enough, all sorts of users here are complaining about the author's jaded perspective and his taking sides and not telling the complete story.What these reviewers fail to recognize is the amazing achievement that this book represents. Despite all the overreacting in these comments, and the hyperbole,no intelligent and logical person could argue that Delisle taking sides, or not telling the whole story.That's not the point of the book. The book is an accurate account of a Westerner's year spent living in Jerusalem.It is not intended, nor could it ever be a comprehensive historical account.Is Maus an accurate and balanced history? Would that book be so powerful and captivating if it was?Instead we see a smart, talented, educated white guy who is neither Jewish nor Arabic making an effort to understand the COMPLETE AND UTTER MESS THAT IS MODERN JERUSALEM.What is the honest response for someone like that? Yeah, he gets frustrated, yeah he sides with the underdog sometimes, yeah is guilty of cultural misunderstandings and somefaux pas, and do you know why? Because he's human. The book is very deliberately and consciously subjective.If you want a historical and unbiased look at modern Jerusalem--good luck. It isn't out there, because everyone will bring their baggage to the table.And anyway, if you want history and detailed social analysis, my guess is that you're a fool for complaining that you're not getting that in an autobiographical comic.For those who aren't interested in all that political crap, a few comments on the art and storytelling:Delisle's craft here is top notch. Some of the panels had me taking pics with my phone and sending them to friends. And it's not because they are remarkable in obvious and ambitious ways,they're just so poignant and subtle in their characterization of a particular gesture or mood or moment.As for the storytelling, this book feels more like the North Korean book than the Burma book for me. I don't know what it was about Burma, but there was a tenderness and lightness to that book,that is understandably lacking here. Perhaps that's because the Burmese culture is so foreign to Delisle that it's easier to make a cartoon out of the plights and strife of the people.Whereas Jerusalem is, for the whole world, the pressure cooker. Everyone has something invested--especially the "First World" bourgeois.So, just be prepared that there's an edge here and a frustration that is absent in his other work. Again though, this is highly understandable.I can't imagine being as even-keeled as he is after living in Jerusalem for a year. As is, he behaves admirably.My final note is that I couldn't help but wonder if he has an agreement with his partner that she makes only brief and distant appearances in his book. Over and over I foundmyself wanting to know her more and read her dialogue and thoughts and get her perspective. Nadege(sp) is deliberately absent though and I wonder why.Overall, there are just so very few treats like this out there that it seems a shame for everyone to bitch and moan so much. We've got a handful of artists out there producing full-length graphicnovels of this quality and depth. Let's count our blessings that Delisle is doing what he does, because it's obviously a lot of hard work.Way more work than whining and throwing mud in the comments section on Amazon.comThank you, Mr. Delisle. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic - The Most Accessible Explanation of Modern Jerusalem I Have Found *by D***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 4, 2012* Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City is the best book I have found to break down the Israeli/Palestinian conflict into terms that are understandable to the average reader. Guy Delisle uses a fair, subtle touch to convey the Holy City of Jerusalem through the eyes of a relatively neutral outsider not invested in the conflict, a point-of-view very difficult to find when researching this long-embattled area. Many seem to have a religious and/or political agenda when it comes to this area of the world, and Delisle does a great job of cutting through the commentary to present all sides more fairly.Guy Delisle is a French-speaking artist and animator from Canada. In his excellent prior works Burma Chronicles, Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China, and Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, Delisle documents in graphic novel format his time living and working in exotic locations often misunderstood in the western world. Delisle's wife Nadège works with the organization Doctors Without Borders, and here she is transferred to Jerusalem for a year with Guy and their two small children in tow to help provide medical care throughout Israel. Nadège's job also takes her to the highly controversial Gaza, an area Delisle describes as being even more difficult to gain access to than North Korea.Delisle does not write typical travelogues. By moving to the countries he writes about for extended periods, he gives us an inside view of what it is like to actually live there on a day to day basis. In learning to get around, for example, Delisle learns that Israeli buses have set routes but the non-Israeli buses, although following mostly parallel routes, stop pretty much everywhere. Neither line, however, has much of an idea about what the other is doing at all. He has to find a suitable school and day care for the kids, which proves to be much more difficult than it sounds with the various borders, checkpoints, politics, and religions involved. He also learns that almost everything in Israel involves some sort of political statement, even where you shop for groceries. Finding a suitable playground for his children proves difficult as well, and we learn with a growing sense of irony that a nice playground right across the street in Israel is not necessarily the one your children are allowed to go to.The graphic novel format is an ideal showcase for the author's observations. His accessible, uncluttered drawings are much more than "cartoons" - they are illustrations of life. Photography is prohibited in many areas of Israel, and Delisle's sketches often are the only way to get a true feel of the tensions on all sides involved in border crossings and of the imposing walls crisscrossing and dividing the landscape of the modern Holy Land.Delisle does a terrific job unraveling and explaining the extremely complicated history of Jerusalem and Israel itself. We see how and why Israel was formed and structured the way it is. We see the extremely delicate balance struck between the various religions and factions with claims to the Holy Land, and how that balance translates into practical everyday life. Although security may seem overbearing at times, we see that it is set up that way for a reason.Delisle's understated style is the best way I have found to approach and actually understand this very difficult and often overwhelming subject matter. Highly recommended for all ages. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Value *by W***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 12, 2022* Good Condition as described! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/192781301-jerusalem-chronicles-from-the-holy-city-kindle-and-comixology](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/192781301-jerusalem-chronicles-from-the-holy-city-kindle-and-comixology) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kuwait* *Store origin: KW* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*