Illustrated Biographies - Travel - Christchurch City Libraries
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A collection of the best biographical graphic travel novels available in our collection. From a sweeping Syrian memoir to vineyards in France, exploring Israel or a 50th birthday bash wandering through Spain, here is a chance to travel without leaving your seat! A Christchurch City Libraries list.
A thought-provoking debut with stunning watercolour illustrations. Sarah Glidden is a progressive Jewish American who is vocal and critical of the Israeli politics of the Holy Land. Given the opportunity of a free trip to Israel to try and reaffirm…
This illustrated travelogue is a lighthearted, yet intelligent view into a complex world. Guy Delisle spent a year in East Jerusalem, eloquently examining the impact of the conflict on both sides, observing different religious customs, being…
With deceptively simple illustrations, this graphic memoir follows the author on a 500 mile historic pilgrimage through Spain as he walks the Camino de Santiagio on his 50th birthday. Blisters, bedbugs, conversations, odd encounters, small triumphs,…
A tender portrait of Brigitte Findakly's homeland, Iraq. This elegant, memory-filled, and intimate memoir touches on cultural practices, Saddam Hussein's state control and Findakly’s position as an Orthodox Christian in the Arab world. This memoir…
In striking graphic style, this biographical novel recounts the experiences of Riad, who with his French mother and Syrian father, leaves rural France and relocates to Libya and Syria as his father tries to connect with pan-Arabist undercurrents in…
In 2005, unemployed and homeless Frenchman Nicolas Wild decides to go and work in Kaboul, a city at the centre of unstable post-war Afghanistan. Nicolas is thrown into the middle of chaos, charged with drawing a cartoon to attract young people to…
If you're after a tale of courage, friendship and community, this beautiful read could be the one for you. Confronting and humourously touching at the same time, the story follows Zerocalcare, an Italian cartoonist, who took a trip to the Middle…
This is a fast-paced take on the Iranian Revolution told from the perspective of a young girl named Marji. Marji and her parents live in Iran under Shah, but when he is overthrown, the family struggles to adapt to the severe restrictions imposed…
Beautifully drawn and insightful, this graphic autobiography is ultimately about the triumph of the human spirit. Thi Bui's family escape from Vietnam as boat people after its fall in 1978. In America they tackle the myriad challenges of…
A highly powerful and original graphic novel, this is an unflinching study of what identity, family and home mean. Growing up in Nazi Germany, the author, feeling a deep sense of guilt over the atrocities of a war-torn country, tries to get to grips…
A thought-provoking graphic essay, with charming, monochromatic illustrations. This book will take you on a journey between two very different professions: wine-making and creating graphic novels. Two men exchange jobs for a year and explore to what…
Starkly illustrated in black and white, the highly acclaimed author of 'Grass' brings us another stunning insight into the Korean story with 'The Waiting'. Through the recollections of an older Korean woman, we are taken back to her flight from the…
