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This graphic novel is ideal for readers interested in historical conflicts, human rights, and journalism presented through compelling visual narrative. It suits fans of impactful graphic non-fiction and those seeking to understand the Bosnian War from a personal, immersive viewpoint.
The winner of the 2001 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album. Sacco spent five months in Bosnia in 1996, immersing himself in the human side of life during wartime, researching stories that are rarely found in conventional news coverage, emerging with this astonishing first-person account.
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Safe Area Gorazde translates the events in Bosnia into graphic novel format. An indispensable document of the conflict.
Sacco spent four months in Bosnia, between 1995-1996, immersing himself in the human side of life during wartime, researching stories that are rarely found in conventional news coverage. Here he focuses on the Muslim enclave of Gorazde, which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war.
The book is strongly compared to the Pulitzer prize winner Maus, and advance praise rates it as being one of the most important documents to emerge from the conflict as it portrays day-to-day life at the heart of these events.
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ISBN: 9781560974703
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2002
Country: United States
Imprint: Fantagraphics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 192.0mm
Height: 256.0mm
Weight: 390g
Pages: 200
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Joe Sacco is a Maltese-born cartoonist and journalist based in Portland. He is a seminal figure in comics journalism, establishing the form's seriousness and legitimacy in the 1990s with his groundbreaking investigative graphic novel Palestine. He has since become the most prominent figure in the genre he virtually created, and has published numerous investigative works of graphic journalism, including Safe Area Gorazde, Footnotes in Gaza, Paying the Land, and his most recent book, The Once and Future Riot. He is also the co-author with Chris Hedges of Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt. Sacco is the recipient of the American Book Award, multiple Eisner and Harvey awards, and in 2023 was awarded a Doctor of Literature degree (Honoris Causa) by the University of Malta. Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) is the author of God Is Not Great, Hitch-22, and Why Orwell Matters.
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