{"product_id":"burma-chronicles","title":"Burma Chronicles","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter \u003cem\u003ePyongyang: A Journey in North Korea\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShenzen: A Travelogue from China\u003c\/em\u003e, Guy Delisle is back with \u003cem\u003eBurma Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this country notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control - where scissors-wielding censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under decade-long house arrest, insurgent-controlled regions are effectively cut off from the world, and rumour is the most reliable source of current information - he turns his gaze to the everyday for a sense of the bigger picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelisle's deft and recognisable renderings take note of almsgiving rituals, daylong power-cuts and rampant heroin use in outlying regions, in this place where catastrophic mismanagement and ironhanded rule come up against profound resilience of spirit, expatriate life ambles along, and non-governmental organisations struggle with the risk of co-option by the military junta. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurma Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e is drawn with a minimal line, and interspersed with wordless vignettes and moments of Delisle's distinctive slapstick humour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guy Delisle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44995493625903,"sku":"9780224096188","price":1299.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9780224096188.jpg?v=1772242859","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/burma-chronicles","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}