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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
"๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆโ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต... ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
This isnโt a comprehensive book on the Balkan wars of 1992-95, more a focused illumination of the experiences and fate of civilians in the UN declared safe zones in regions being ethnically cleansed.
For anyone surprised by the impotence of the UN and other international law bodies in the current Gaza crisis (or any of the other atrocities, rights violations and wars going on around the world right now - cos letโs be honest thereโs a shit ton thatโs not getting focused on, due to a mix of less live footage and the muffling blanket of power axisโ that are at least saying the right thing, even if devoid of action) you should really read a bit more history. In terms of the Bosnian-Serb genocidal advancements on safe zones, both the US and Russia were on the same page (basically), no one was vetoing resolutions, theyโd sent in peacekeepersโฆ yet we still sat by whilst the Srebrenica massacre took place. So maybe start here?
Sacco delivers an informative and deeply moving starting point on a conflict that still echoes down to today in so many ways (locally and throughout post WII institutions) and I fully recommend. Especially given how little the Balkans seem to have penetrated wider western consciousness. Compared to his Palestine book, this graphic novel is a lot more, well, graphic. And I really think it comes into its own here, illustrating things people might not be able to imagine from text or whose brains might filter out as โtoo muchโ when presented with photos.
I already know a fair bit about the Balkan wars, but whats really sticking with me from this novel is the question of UN Peacekeepers, and how, if at all, they can be anything but stage dressing in highly volatile settings. What counts as peacekeeping vs fighting the war for one side?
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ฆ๐ต๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐.๐. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด-๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ช, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ-๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ... ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ have ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด."
Amazing and important book, you can really feel the passion that Sacco has for the people he is writing/drawing about. Be prepared to tear up over more than a few pages.
Similar to his earlier work, "Palestine", this book gives a poignant and heart-wrenching account of the unspeakable violence and miserable conditions ordinary people in Eastern Bosnia had to endure from 1992-1995. Unlike "Palestine", however, this book actually gives an incredibly good overview of the politics, geography, history, and political aspects of the crisis in Bosnia. I'll have to read "Footnotes in Gaza" next, hopefully it continues this trend of giving more context.
emotional
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
informative
tense
I read this in Nancy Pearl class and forgot that I'd read it. Very good, very sad, I've been meaning to read some more of his stuff too.
3,5*
ร difรญcil para mim falar sobre esta BD de nรฃo ficรงรฃo, porque reconheรงo a sua qualidade factual, embora polรญtica e estratรฉgia de guerra nรฃo sejam o meu forte, nem algo que eu aprecie. Aprendemos bastante a nรญvel da Histรณria de Gorazde, ao mesmo tempo que temos acesso ร s testemunhas dos civis e alguns soldados que viveram e/ou se refugiaram na cidade. Portanto, a classificaรงรฃo que dei prende-se com gostos pessoais e com a minha incapacidade de apreciar polรญtica esmiuรงada. Por outro lado, รฉ histรณria contada de um ponto de vista apenas, a de Gorazde, mas ao longo da narrativa, percebemos o porquรช de assim o ser: o autor/jornalista foi contratado para o fazer. Gostei bastante do traรงo, muito detalhado e intuitivo, e da forma como o autor distingue pelas ilustraรงรตes o presente e o passado. Sรณ nรฃo entendi o porquรช de o prรณprio se retratar caricaturado... A meu ver, ficou algo desfazado da intenรงรฃo principal da BD. Um ponto negativo, e que tambรฉm dificultou a minha leitura, รฉ as caixas verticais com palavras exaustivamente cortadas a meio. Problemas ร parte, recomendo a quem se interesse por guerra no geral, sobreviver no meio dela e conhecer o lado humano da mesma.
ร difรญcil para mim falar sobre esta BD de nรฃo ficรงรฃo, porque reconheรงo a sua qualidade factual, embora polรญtica e estratรฉgia de guerra nรฃo sejam o meu forte, nem algo que eu aprecie. Aprendemos bastante a nรญvel da Histรณria de Gorazde, ao mesmo tempo que temos acesso ร s testemunhas dos civis e alguns soldados que viveram e/ou se refugiaram na cidade. Portanto, a classificaรงรฃo que dei prende-se com gostos pessoais e com a minha incapacidade de apreciar polรญtica esmiuรงada. Por outro lado, รฉ histรณria contada de um ponto de vista apenas, a de Gorazde, mas ao longo da narrativa, percebemos o porquรช de assim o ser: o autor/jornalista foi contratado para o fazer. Gostei bastante do traรงo, muito detalhado e intuitivo, e da forma como o autor distingue pelas ilustraรงรตes o presente e o passado. Sรณ nรฃo entendi o porquรช de o prรณprio se retratar caricaturado... A meu ver, ficou algo desfazado da intenรงรฃo principal da BD. Um ponto negativo, e que tambรฉm dificultou a minha leitura, รฉ as caixas verticais com palavras exaustivamente cortadas a meio. Problemas ร parte, recomendo a quem se interesse por guerra no geral, sobreviver no meio dela e conhecer o lado humano da mesma.
2,5โญ๏ธ
Para mim esta GN valeu pelo contesto histรณrico em que estรก enquadrada. Alรฉm da divisรฃo da Jugoslรกvia nรฃo sabia de mais nada.
As histรณrias aqui relatadas sรฃo fragmentos de vรกrias personagens. Nรฃo hรก propriamente um testemunho que seja aprofundado. Tenho preferรชncia por arte colorida, embora goste do traรงo de umas quantas BDs a preto. Mas nรฃo foi o caso desta.
Para mim esta GN valeu pelo contesto histรณrico em que estรก enquadrada. Alรฉm da divisรฃo da Jugoslรกvia nรฃo sabia de mais nada.
As histรณrias aqui relatadas sรฃo fragmentos de vรกrias personagens. Nรฃo hรก propriamente um testemunho que seja aprofundado. Tenho preferรชncia por arte colorida, embora goste do traรงo de umas quantas BDs a preto. Mas nรฃo foi o caso desta.
This was such a difficult read but so so important. The way the author not only captures the stories of individuals, but also draws them and the situations at their most vulnerable really gives the additional insight that I donโt think you would experience if you read the text alone.
Iโve just come back from visiting my fiancรฉโs family in Gorazde, and they are the most warm and inviting people you can possibly imagine. It breaks my heart reading about the hardship they and their village experienced during those years, especially as you can still see the ghost of the war in the buildings there.
If you are looking to learn more about the Yugoslavian war, or what the people of Gorazde went through, I highly recommend you pick this book up.
Iโve just come back from visiting my fiancรฉโs family in Gorazde, and they are the most warm and inviting people you can possibly imagine. It breaks my heart reading about the hardship they and their village experienced during those years, especially as you can still see the ghost of the war in the buildings there.
If you are looking to learn more about the Yugoslavian war, or what the people of Gorazde went through, I highly recommend you pick this book up.