887 reviews for:

Palästina. Eine Comic-Reportage

Joe Sacco

4.27 AVERAGE

manuelinx's review against another edition

4.0

inspiring medium-paced

dee5ee's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

jtries2read's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

brynwb's review against another edition

5.0

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I’d rate it higher if I could. This is the most radicalizing (and accessible/readable!) account of Palestine I’ve read yet. Captures both the obscene, haunting experiences of occupation alongside the routine dehumanization of living under apartheid. The visual medium alongside personal narrative is so emotionally potent, it would be nearly impossible to read this book and still try to “both sides” Israeli occupation.

johninnes's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

readsbydre's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

joemcc's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense

nadine_makki's review against another edition

4.0

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Very much understand the many comparisons to Maus. Like Maus, nothing about the story surprised me, but it’s horrifying all the same.

lspaulding4193's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

jessicaesubject's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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This graphic novel was hard to read because of the gritty and honest details about what life was like for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza at the time. And that much harder knowing how the occupation has escalated into forced starvation and so much more since the early 1990s when Joe Sacco penned this work. It gives an honest account of his time there and his interactions with so many Palestinians and even some Israelis, regarding everyday life, their views on each other, the idea of peace, and what they hope for in the future. Quite a different viewpoint from what the mainstream media has portrayed for my entire life. One of my favourite quotes comes from page 282, "Ultimately, I don't think peace is about whether there should be one state or two... The point is whether the two peoples can live side by side as equals." Even though this was hard to read, I believe Palestine to be an important read for everyone, the same as another graphic novel about mice.