by Joe Sacco · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780224080897
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Safe Area Gorazde is a comics journalism work by author Joe Sacco, which recounts the events that occurred in Gorazde, Bosnia, during the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995. Sacco traveled to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area, and documented the experiences of civilians who lived under siege by Serbian forces. The book offers an intimate and personal look at life in wartime, highlighting the resilience and struggle for survival of the local population.
Joe Sacco is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is credited as the first artist to practice rigorous, investigative journalism using the comics form, also referred to as comics journalism. His work documenting Palestinian life in Gaza and the West Bank was awarded the National Book Award in 1996 and was compiled in the graphic narrative Palestine (2001). His other notable monographs include Footnotes in Gaza (2009) which won a Ridenhour Book Prize, Safe Area Goražde (2000) and The Fixer (2003) on the Bosnian War, Paying the Land (2020), The War on Gaza (2024), and The Once and Future Riot (2025).
