Safe Area Gorazde
The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95
$45.00
- Paperback
236 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2007
Summary
The first UK publication of Joe Sacco’s classic, groundbreaking work of comics journalism with a foreword by Christopher Hitchens.
In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War, which had teetered on the brink of obliteration for three and a half years.
Still surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the mainly Muslim people of Gorazde had endured heavy attacks and severe privation to hang …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224080897 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 022408089X |
| Author: | Joe Sacco, Christopher Hitchens |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 236 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2007 |
| Weight: | 612g |
| Dimensions: | 255mm x 193mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Sacco has produced a work that improbably manages to combine rare insight into what the war in Bosnia felt like on the ground with a mature and nuanced political and historical understanding of the conflict… Of the myriad books that have appeared about Bosnia, few have told the truth more bravely than Sacco. He is an immense talent, from whom we will hear a great deal more. – David Rieff * New York Times Book Review *
Harrowing and bleakly humorous, Sacco’s account of life during the Balkan conflict is a timeless portrait of ordinary people caught in desperate circumstances. It’s also a work of genius in an unlikely genre: journalism in comic book form. * Utne Reader *
Like Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Sacco’s book juxtaposes the pop style of comics with human tragedy, making the brutality of war all the more jarring. * Time *
Can comics do hard-hitting journalism? That’s the question asked – and answered – by this wonderful piece of long-form reporting * World of Cruising *
About The Author
Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco, one of the world’s foremost cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war-reportage comics. He is the author of Palestine, The Fixer, Notes from a Defeatist and Footnotes in Gaza, all published by Jonathan Cape.
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