The Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Canadian, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Translation
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