At the beginning of the trip, the family must stay in an MSF guest house while they search for more permanent housing. Delisle went with his infant son, Louis, and his wife, Nadège, an administrator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The book recounts Guy Delisle's trip to the southeast Asian country which is officially recognized by the United Nations as Myanmar but that is referred to as Burma by countries that do not recognize the military junta that controls it. Originally written in French, the book was translated into English by Helge Dascher and published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2008. Burma Chronicles is a travelogue about Delisle's time spent in Burma with his young son, Louis, and his wife, Nadège, an administrator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Burma Chronicles ( French: Chroniques Birmanes) is a 2007 Canadian graphic novel written and illustrated by Guy Delisle.
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