Palestine

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Joe Sacco, one of the world¿s foremost cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war-reportage comics. He is the author of Palestine , Safe Area Gorazde , The Fixer , Notes from a Defeatist and Footnotes in Gaza , all published by Jonathan Cape. Zusammenfassung In late l991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking notes. He captures the heart of the Palestinian experience in image after unforgettable image, with great insight and remarkable humour.

Product details

• Authors: Joe Sacco, Sacco Joe
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2003
• EAN: 9780224069823
• ISBN: 978-0-224-06982-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 275 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Middle East, Middle Eastern history, Palestine, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, c 1990 to c 1999, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Invasion, conquest and occupation, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / History, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Historical