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GRAPH N DEL
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Publication
Drawn and Quarterly (2017), 436 pages
Description
"In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe Andr ?was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. For three months, Andr ?was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement, with little to survive on and almost no contact with the outside world. Close to twenty years later, award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle ... recounts Andr'?s harrowing experience in Hostage, a book that attests to the power of one man's determination in the face of a hopeless situation."--
User reviews
LibraryThing member villemezbrown
Major kudos to Guy Delisle for making this story, which is essentially a man sitting alone in the corner of a room for hundreds of pages, so compelling and dramatic. I stayed up way too late in order to finish this ASAP. I have nothing but admiration for the endurance and courage of Christophe
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LibraryThing member questbird
An everyman accountant for an NGO is abducted by Chechens and held for weeks. Guy Delisle has drawn a comic of his experience; handcuffed to a radiator every day in the same drab four walls. The graphic novel captures the tedium, depression, anxiety as well as a few moments of enjoyment. This comic
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made me think of what I would have done in the same situation -- probably the same. Show Less
LibraryThing member albertgoldfain
Gripping claustrophobic and expansive all at once.
LibraryThing member b.masonjudy
Hostage highlights Delisle's deft visual storytelling and care for the story of Christophe. The majority of that book is set in rooms and reading I quickly felt that I too was trapped, isolated, but also deeply moved by Christophe's resilience and the stark picture of his psychological struggle. By
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providing a variety of different panels and focusing on Christophe's hope, Delisle kept the story from feeling flat and for such a paucity of settings this story is eminently compelling. Show Less
Awards
Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize (Longlist — Nonfiction — 2017)
Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List (Selection — 2019)
Excellence in Graphic Literature Award (Finalist — Adult Non-Fiction — 2018)
Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year (Honor Book — 2018)
NPR: Books We Love (2017)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults (Selection — 2017)
Pages
436
ISBN
1770462791 / 9781770462793