Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95
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TextPublication details: . RHUK 2007Description: 236pISBN: 9780224080897Subject(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina--Goražde | Graphic novels | History | Non-fiction | Sequential Art -Comics | Sequential Art- Graphic Novels | War | Writing- Journalism | 2001 Eisner Award for Best Original Graphic Novel | 2001 Eagle Award for Best Original Graphic Novel | 2001 Harvey Award nomination for Best Writer and Best Graphic Album of Original Work | Time magazine "Best Comic of 2000" awardDDC classification: 949.742 Summary: Safe Area Gorazde is the long-awaited and highly sought after 240-page look at war in the former Yugoslavia. Sacco (the critically-acclaimed author of Palestine) 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. The book focuses on the Muslim-held enclave of Gorazde, which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war. Sacco lived for a month in Gorazde, entering before the Muslims trapped inside had access to the outside world, electricity or running water. Safe Area Gorazde is Sacco's magnum opus and with it he is poised too become one of America's most noted journalists. The book features an introduction by Christopher Hitchens, political columnist for The Nation and Vanity Fair. (less)
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Safe Area Gorazde is the long-awaited and highly sought after 240-page look at war in the former Yugoslavia. Sacco (the critically-acclaimed author of Palestine) 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. The book focuses on the Muslim-held enclave of Gorazde, which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war. Sacco lived for a month in Gorazde, entering before the Muslims trapped inside had access to the outside world, electricity or running water. Safe Area Gorazde is Sacco's magnum opus and with it he is poised too become one of America's most noted journalists. The book features an introduction by Christopher Hitchens, political columnist for The Nation and Vanity Fair. (less)
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