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> Tag: Helge Dascher

Gripping story of resilience

Hostage by Guy Delisle

January 30, 2023 by ElCicco 1 Comment

CBR15Passport books from different countries Hostage is the true story of Christophe Andre, a Frenchman working for Doctors Without Borders in Chechnya who was kidnapped and held for three months. Guy Delisle, a French illustrator and writer, interviewed Andre after his ordeal and turned the taped interviews into a gripping work of graphic biography.  In order to place things in context I had to read up a bit on the Chechen/Russian war of 1994-96. The events in this story take place after that conflict had […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Christophe Andre, ElCicco, Graphic Novel, Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, hostage, non fiction

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Christophe Andre, ElCicco, Graphic Novel, Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, hostage, non fiction ·
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One time at summer camp

Paul Has a Summer Job by Michel Rabagliat

February 10, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I thought this was going to be the worse book I would read this year. It was certainly angling for the one of the worse books I have read in the last few years. But Paul Has a Summer Job is far from the worse book I have ever read. Michel Rabagliati did not write something I would ever consider a favorite, but not the worse, book. When I say Helge Dascher translated an odd graphic novel that might be an exaggeration. Yet, there is […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: 1970s, Camp counselors, French-Canadians, Helge Dascher, Michel Rabagliat, Summer employment

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:73 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: 1970s, Camp counselors, French-Canadians, Helge Dascher, Michel Rabagliat, Summer employment ·
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