false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170468851m/57541.jpg 769712 12 Fantagraphics Books is pleased to present, for the first time, a single-volume collection of this 288-page landmark of journalism and the artform of comics. Interest in Sacoo has never been higher than with the release of his critically acclaimed book, <I>Safe Area Gorazde</I>. <P>Based on several months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s (where he conducted over 100 interviews with Palestinians and Jews), <I>Palestine</I> was the first major comics work of political and historical nonfiction by Sacco, who has often been called the first comic book journalist. <P>Sacco's insightful reportage takes place at the front lines, where busy marketplaces are spoiled by shootings and tear gas, soldiers beat civilians with reckless abandon, and roadblocks go up before reporters can leave. Sacco interviewed and encountered prisoners, refugees, protesters, wounded children, farmers who had lost their land, and families who had been torn apart by the Palestinian conflict. <P>In 1996, the Before Columbus Foundation awarded <I>Palestine</I> the seventeenth annual American Book Award, stating that the author should be recognized for his "outstanding contribution to American literature," while his publisher, Fantagraphics, is "to be honored for their commitment to quality and their willingness to take risks that accompany publishing outstanding books and authors that may not prove 'cost-effective' in the short run." <P>This new edition of <I>Palestine</I> also features a new introduction from renowned author, critic, and historian Edward Said, author of <I>Peace and Its Discontents</I> and <I>The Question of Palestine</I> and one of the world's most respected authorities on the Middle Eastern conflict. 755771 book 2001 Palestine total:1145|5:512|4:453|3:143|2:20|1:8| 1145 4886 1617 160 57541 0224069829 9780224069823 187 22 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170468851m/57541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57541.Palestine 3 4 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 14:25:35 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:13:37 -0700 2008 I did immensely appreciate Joe Sacco's motivation for writing this graphic novel. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Joe Sacco said:
"I...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 5 2 false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 25 10:07:58 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 19 16:17:04 -0700 2008 Palestine first appeared as a series of nine comic books, but is collected here in a special edition that also includes a foreword by the late Edward Said and an introduction by the author. Sacco writes that he was compelled to visit the Palestinian territories for two main reasons. First, he realiz...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 4 1 false Sat Dec 20 02:19:54 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 02:20:01 -0800 2008
I have to ...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 5 1 false Wed Jun 27 20:54:44 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 20:58:08 -0700 2007
bercerita...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 4 0 false Sat Mar 21 10:30:06 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:44:15 -0700 2009
Sometimes you like comics because they're fun, fast, and page turners. Sometimes you read comics because they're pretty or visually interesting. And sometimes you read comics because they're thought pr...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 5 1 false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 00:32:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 22:32:43 -0700 2009 Palestine focuses on a topic that invites more to flaming than to commentary: the struggles of the Israeli and the Palestinian peoples to coexist, summarized as "they want this land, we want this land" towards the end of the book. Palestine is strangely factual for its topic: using pictori...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 4 0 false Sun Mar 08 14:51:24 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 07:09:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 06 18:57:04 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 19:18:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 57541 0224069829 9780224069823 187 22 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170468851m/57541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57541.Palestine 5 1 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 12:13:04 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 11:44:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 5 1 false Sun May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jul 02 19:31:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 19:34:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jan 13 18:53:36 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:46:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4662174 9793391901 4 1 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221463008m/4662174.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4662174.Palestina_Duka_Orang_orang_Terusir 5 0 false Tue Nov 24 00:10:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:16:05 -0800 2009
Berba...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 5 0 false Sat Apr 18 09:08:21 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 00:17:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 2 0 false Mon May 25 07:45:53 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 01:29:43 -0700 2009
The writing and the art were good, but I had serious problems with the one-sidedness of the writing. It's ok to show just one perspective of the story, but when you become TOO sympathetic to your subject, and you fail to ask hard questions, you end up with lies instead of...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 5 0 false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 09 16:05:51 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 16:10:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 0 1 false Mon Jun 30 00:11:49 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 00:13:46 -0700 2008 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 3 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 07 03:02:27 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 01 12:18:46 -0800 2009
I've had the opportunity of working as a live translator for theatre. The company I was translating for came to Ital...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 5 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 08:10:06 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 11:43:48 -0700 2008
this is a book about sacco's trip to the occupied palestinian territories in the early 90s. while i know ...more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 3 1 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 21 18:37:13 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 18:37:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 769712 156097432X 9781560974321 899 124 4.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178201415m/769712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine 4 0 false Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 06 17:49:59 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 18:07:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=57541