Gorazde. Area protetta
by:
Joe Sacco (author)
Daniele Brolli (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788804503644 (8804503645)
Publish date: February 21st 2006
Publisher: Mondadori
Pages no: 227
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
History,
Journalism,
War,
Politics,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comix
Safe Area Goražde gets four stars because it covers a war that doesn't get enough attention. It earns its four stars for giving voice to many who would not have otherwise been heard. It gets four stars for not shying away from the horror of the war. And it gets four stars for trying to educate a peo...
Slow going, not a beach read, but the shadowy landscapes and historical background are astonishing. It´s a nice balance of mundane daily life with a select few war stories from individual Bosnians. You´re left with the sense that war stories or the war were Joe Sacco´s main connection to the people ...
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The only reason I gave this three stars is because this is a bit of hard reading. Not hard in difficulty, but hard in the subject matter. It can be a bit depressing at times, but aside from that, this is a very worthy reading. The story covers the Bosnian war during the nineties until the Dayton Acc...