Palestine
A landmark of journalism and the art form of comics. Based on several months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s, this is a major work of political and historical nonfiction.\ Prior to Safe Area Gorazde: The War In Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995—Joe Sacco's breakthrough novel of graphic journalism—the acclaimed author was best known for Palestine,\ a two-volume graphic novel that won an American Book Award in 1996.\ Fantagraphics Books is pleased to...
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A landmark of journalism and the art form of comics. Based on several months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s, this is a major work of political and historical nonfiction.Comics JournalI may as well get right to the point. Buy and read Joe Sacco's...Palestine.
\ Utne ReaderSacco uses the comic book format to its fullest extent, creating bold perspectives that any photojournalist would envy.\ \ \ \ \ Journal of Palestinian StudiesSacco is a pioneer.\ \ \ American in AucklandBased on his research, interviews, and personal experiences in Palastinian Occupied Territories in 1991 and 92, [Palestine] takes you there and gives you a first-hand account of the atrocities and suffering in the conflict with Israel. He gives you a close up visual rendering of the physical and emotional conditions of the people, who struggle daily for survival... Sacco has rendered the terrible conditions of life into a compelling and sympathetic artistic documentary. It is sad, but most good stories are sad... What’s better, his drawing is detailed and realistic, very approachable and interesting.\ \ \ \ \ Entertainment WeeklyReading [Palestine]...you're astounded by the wealth of human voices, the literally warts-and-all passion of every side of the conflict.\ \ \ \ \ Art Spiegelman[Sacco's] obviously got the calling. His stuff is obviously well wrought, with dizzying pages and good rhythm.\ \ \ \ \ Nasseer H. AzuriSacco's Palestine<</I> brilliantly and poignantly captures the essence of life under a repressive and prolonged occupation.\ \ \ \ \ Journal of Palestinian StudiesPalestine deserves a place among the very best of documentary.\ \ \ \ \ Comics JournalI may as well get right to the point. Buy and read Joe Sacco's...Palestine.\ \ \ \ \ From The Critics[A] compassionate, insightful primer on the lives of Israeli soldiers, Palestinian refugees and children in the Middle East.\ \ \ \ \ Salon.com[A] compassionate, insightful primer on the lives of Israeli soldiers, Palestinian refugees and children in the Middle East.\ \
