Palestine
Palestine
paperback
Published:
2 January, 2003
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Description
A landmark of graphic journalism, capturing the heart of day-to-day life in occupied Palestine.
Palestine remains one of the most influential works of visual reportage ever created - a ground-breaking fusion of comic art and investigative journalism.
Based on months of on-the-ground reporting in the early 1990s, Joe Sacco powerfully documents his own experiences and the daily lives of Palestinians during the First Intifada in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with remarkable insight and clarity.
Through drawings, reportage and storytelling, Sacco captures the moments of grief, resilience and absurdity that conventional journalism can miss. Palestine is a modern classic that continues to inspire artists, journalists and readers who seek an unflinching and nuanced account of the conflict.
‘The bar is set extremely high when it comes to graphic books and the Middle East: one thinks of Joe Sacco's Palestine’ Guy Delisle
‘Palestine is utterly compelling, and as affecting as the work of any war photographer or poet’ Varsity
For readers interested in Middle Eastern history, human rights and documentary storytelling.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780224069823 |
| ISBN10 | 0224069829 |
| Number Of Pages | 296 |
| Item Weight | 789 g |
| Product Dimensions | 181 x 274 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
A political and aesthetic work of extraordinary originality, quite unlike any other in the long, often turgid and hopelessly twisted debates that have occupied Palestinians, Israelis, and their respective supporters... With the exception of one or two novelists and poets, no one has ever rendered this terrible state of affairs better than Joe Sacco -- Edward Said
The bar is set extremely high when it comes to graphic books and the Middle East: one thinks of Joe Sacco's Palestine * Observer *
Palestine is a unique take on the Isreali/Palestinian conflict… The illustrator/reporter provides a unique perspective: there is an intimacy to Sacco’s interviews that cannot be translated into photography and text. His drawings make his subjects relatable to in a way that I think is difficult to achieve with a photograph. * Bleeding Cool *
Palestine is utterly compelling, and as affecting as the work of any war photographer or poet. -- Annie Forbes * Varsity *
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Author's Bio
Joe Sacco, one of the world's greatest cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war reportage comics. He is the author of, among other books, Palestine, which received the American Book Award, and Safe Area: Goražde, which won the Eisner Award and was named a New York Times notable book and Time magazine's best comic book of 2000. His books have been translated into fourteen languages and his comics reporting has appeared in Details, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Harper's and the Guardian. He lives in Portland, Oregon.