Hostage Hardcover

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HOW DOES ONE SURVIVE WHEN ALL HOPE IS LOST? In the middle of the night in 1997 Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe Andre was kidnapped by armed men & taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region For three months Andre was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement with little to survive on & almost no contact with the outside world Close to twenty years later award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle (Pyongyang Jerusalem Shenzhen Burma Chronicles) recounts Andre’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 & what it really means to be free Thoughtful intense & moving Hostage takes a profound look at what drives our will to survive in the darkest of moments