The book features an introduction by Christopher Hitchens, political columnist for The Nation and Vanity Fair. He is the author of, among other books, Palestine, which received the American Book Award, and Safe Area: Gorade, which won the Eisner Award and was named a New York Times notable book and Time magazine's best comic book of 2000. Safe Area Gorazde is Sacco's magnum opus and with it he is poised too become one of America's most noted journalists. Joe Sacco, one of the world's greatest cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war reportage comics. Joe Sacco Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95 Paperback 12 April 2007 by Joe Sacco (Author), Christopher Hitchens (Introduction) 234 ratings Part of: Safe Area Gorazde See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 12.89 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 17.66 6 Used from 17.64 Paperback 13.99 9 Used from 6.86 15 New from 13. Sacco lived for a month in Gorazde, entering before the Muslims trapped inside had access to the outside world, electricity or running water. The book focuses on the Muslim-held enclave of Gorazde, which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war. 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.
Praised by The New York Times, Brill's Content and Publishers Weekly, Safe Area Gorazde is the long-awaited and highly sought after 240-page look at war in the former Yugoslavia. 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. The winner of the 2001 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album.
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