Bibliograph

Hostage, Guy Delisle ; translated by Helge Dascher

Type

Label

Hostage, Guy Delisle ; translated by Helge Dascher

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 14 & up

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 9 & up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hostage

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

959691801

resource.references

Junior Library Guild

Responsibility statement

Guy Delisle ; translated by Helge Dascher

Summary

"In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe André was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. For three months, André 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 (Pyongyang, Jerusalem, Shenzhen, Burma Chronicles) recounts André's harrowing experience in Hostage, a book that attests to the power of one man's determination in the face of a hopeless situation. Marking a departure from the author's celebrated first-person travelogues, Delisle tells the story through the perspective of the titular captive, who strives to keep his mind alert as desperation starts to set in. Working in a pared down style with muted colour washes, Delisle conveys the psychological effects of solitary confinement, compelling us to ask ourselves some difficult questions regarding the repercussions of negotiating with kidnappers and what it really means to be free. Thoughtful, intense, and moving, Hostage takes a profound look at what drives our will to survive in the darkest of moments"--, Provided by publisher

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