Acclaimed graph­ic mem­oirist Guy Delisle returns with his strongest work yet — a thought­ful and mov­ing trav­el­ogue about life in the Holy City.

Guy Delisle expert­ly lays the ground­work for a cul­tur­al road map of con­tem­po­rary Jerusalem, uti­liz­ing the clas­sic stranger in a strange land point of view that made his oth­er books, pyongyang, shen­zhen, and bur­ma chron­i­cles required read­ing for under­stand­ing what dai­ly life is like in cities few are able to trav­el to. In jerusalem: chron­i­cles from the holy city, 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. Jerusalem show­cas­es once more Delisle’s mas­tery of the travelogue.