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Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
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4.5
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"After all, what's the difference between me and an oil company? We've both come here to extract something."
Dense and disturbing, [b: Paying the Land|52079617|Paying the Land|Joe Sacco|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1580815787l/52079617._SX50_.jpg|72960738] is an excellent piece of journalism. I'm very interested in reading Joe Sacco's other books, especially [b: Footnotes in Gaza|6796708|Footnotes in Gaza|Joe Sacco|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1666601456l/6796708._SX50_.jpg|7002029] and [b: Palestine|769712|Palestine|Joe Sacco|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569917057l/769712._SX50_.jpg|755771]. His work is incredibly unique, and his drawings are so beautifully detailed. Those landscapes! Those faces! Those hands!! This book is like a printed documentary. Immense care is put into sharing the stories of the Dene people, with nuanced perspectives abound. How Sacco interprets himself and his work through the lens of colonialism is particularly fascinating. Graphic fiction and non-fiction need to be treated with a hell of a lot more respect. Although I think Parts I-IV are the strongest (I think the latter half of the book is too thematically scattered), I strongly recommend checking this out.
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"After all, what's the difference between me and an oil company? We've both come here to extract something."
Dense and disturbing, [b: Paying the Land|52079617|Paying the Land|Joe Sacco|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1580815787l/52079617._SX50_.jpg|72960738] is an excellent piece of journalism. I'm very interested in reading Joe Sacco's other books, especially [b: Footnotes in Gaza|6796708|Footnotes in Gaza|Joe Sacco|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1666601456l/6796708._SX50_.jpg|7002029] and [b: Palestine|769712|Palestine|Joe Sacco|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569917057l/769712._SX50_.jpg|755771]. His work is incredibly unique, and his drawings are so beautifully detailed. Those landscapes! Those faces! Those hands!! This book is like a printed documentary. Immense care is put into sharing the stories of the Dene people, with nuanced perspectives abound. How Sacco interprets himself and his work through the lens of colonialism is particularly fascinating. Graphic fiction and non-fiction need to be treated with a hell of a lot more respect. Although I think Parts I-IV are the strongest (I think the latter half of the book is too thematically scattered), I strongly recommend checking this out.