Praised by The New York Times, Brill's Content and Publishers Weekly, Safe Area Gorazde is the long-awaited and highly sought after 240-page look at war in the former Yugoslavia. Sacco (the critically-acclaimed author of Palestine) spent five months in Bosnia in 1996, immersing himself in the human side of life during wartime, researching stories that are rarely found in conventional news coverage. The book focuses on the Muslim-held enclave of Gorazde, which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war. Sacco lived for a month in Gorazde, entering before the Muslims trapped inside had access to the outside world, electricity or running water. Safe Area Gorazde is Sacco's magnum opus and with it he is poised too become one of America's most noted journalists. The book features an introduction by Christopher Hitchens, political columnist for The Nation and Vanity Fair.

Author: Joe Sacco
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 01/17/2002
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.96h x 7.50w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9781560974703


Review Citation(s): 
Booklist 02/01/2003 pg. 986
New York Review of Books 08/14/2003 pg. 19