Safe Area Gorazde Special Edition

The book was incredibly readable and provided insight into an often overlooked period of history. Though not as well known as the graphic novel Maus, it compares very favorably, and helped me prepare to teach this period for a High School World History class.

I have given this book as a gift to a half dozen people in the last few years. Incredible piece of journalism expressed in a powerful way. If you know anyone with an interest in history but dislikes hard to digest books that require a comprehensive knowledge of the subject before even starting, Joe Sacco is your guy.

Excellent! My husband is Bosnian from Bosnia, and while he did not enjoy the negative references to the people in the book, and having been a survivor of the war he was only mildly interested in the material, he found it a little insulting.But I thought it was interesting & cool.

Safe Area Gorazde: The Special Edition  A superior graphic novel based on the Bosnian/Serb recent wars. Joe Sacco went to Bosnia and interviewed people. He's a famed graphic novelist. I was able to get this book reviewed in an international journal on communication.

Very educational for those that know little about this war. I like Joe's drawing style as well.

fans will like the special edition with behind the scenes and some commentarySacco's work about the Balkin war paints quite a picture of life coming apart....

Came as expected

Harrowing and powerful portrayal of the Gorazde pocket, a Muslim enclave surrounded and pounded by Serbian forces during the Bosnian War. Sacco does a masterful job of portraying the mundane aspects of life for its residents in the river town, though also paints the abundant horror they experienced at the hands of Serbian troops, of which there were many. I will be haunted forever by some of the scenes in this book, though have to recommend that anyone interested in the effects of war on civilian populations read this. Don't be fooled into thinking this is merely a comic book - it isn't. It is some of the most insightful journalism you will ever read

I loved this book. It's not the first book by Joe Sacco that I've read and although I wasn't grabbed by his art style originally, it very much grew on me. And the narrative content more than compensates.The extras in this special edition make for an interesting read and the inclusion of many photographs made it all feel that little bit more real for me.Highly recommended.

recensire un prodotto non è recensire la sua spedizione e se si fa la media il voto che ne risulta è un 3 stelle. il libro non si discute. ho dovuto prenderlo in inglese perchè in italiano non l'ho più trovato.era edito da mondadori (mi pare) ma non è stato più ristampato. CAPOLAVORO assoluto. scioccante quanto educativo ed in grado di far vivere una tragedia iper complicata accaduta a due bracciate di nuoto da noi. Immagini forti e precisioni storiche fanno di questo reportage di Sacco un libro dda avere anche se raramente vi verrà voglia di tornare a sfogliarlo. detto ciò è uno di quei piece of art da avere ed è per questo che ho ordinato la Special Edition con copertina rigida e approfondimenti ecc ecc, quindi immaginate il mio disappunto nel riceverlo con gli angoli rovinati e le orecchie ad alcune pagine. il problema con i resi in questi casi è che potrebbe ricapitare un libro con gli stessi problemi. ad oggi le eccellenti spedizioni amazon peccano quasi sempre e solo sui libri. scatole troppo grandi e pochissima o zero protezione se non pezzo di carta da pacco buttata dentro a caso.

Sacco nos vuelve a asombrar con una obra llena de realismo y que nos aproxima a la normalidad que inevitablemente se produce entre los atrapados por la guerra.Es una obra dura y descarnada que nos permitirá reflexionar qué estábamos haciendo el resto de habitantes del continente cuando una lucha fraticida y genocida desangraba una de las partes más bellas de Europa.100% recomendable.

Les bandes dessinées de Joe Saccoe sont toutes intéressantes, celle-ci est tout bonnement incroyable. Un récit de voyage fantastique, doublé d'une enquête journalistique hallucinante, et d'un topo sur la guerre des Balkans à ceux qui étaient trop jeunes à l'époque pour comprendre ce qui se passait. Un conflit qui passe à la trappe dans les programmes d'histoire, comme bien d'autres malheureusement.Je recommande la version collector: le supplément 'journal de voyage' et les photos, véritables miroirs des dessins de la BD, donnent vraiment une tout autre dimension à cette lecture. Et en anglais, c'est encore mieux.