The Fixer
A Story from Sarajevo
$60.71
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2004
Summary
A new work of ‘comics journalism’ by the acclaimed author of Palestine.
In The Fixer, Joe Sacco returns to Bosnia, the setting for his first masterpiece, Safe Area Gorazde. In 2001, he went back to Sarajevo to meet up with his old ‘fixer’, an army veteran called Neven who, for the right price, could arrange anything for the visiting journalist. Sacco gradually realized that Neven’s own story - a microcosm of the Balkan conflict itself - might be the most compelling of all. Through Nev…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224073820 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224073826 |
| Author: | Joe Sacco |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 397g |
| Dimensions: | 265mm x 197mm x 11mm |
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Critics Review
Sacco’s greatest achievement is to have so poignantly depicted oppression and horror in a form that manages to be both disarming and disquieting
This tightly wound, humane and suspenseful non-fiction graphic novella employs visual devices from the best traditions of film noir. Sacco’s finely wrought, expressively rendered black and white drawings perfectly capture the emotional character of Sarajevo and the people who struggle to live there. This superlative and important story is easily one of the best comics non-fiction works of the year * Publishers Weekly *
Sacco is formidably talented. A meticulous reporter…and a gifted artist whose richly nuanced drawings tread a delicate path between cartoonishness and naturalism – Charles Shaar Murray * Independent *
Sacco’s greatest achievement is to have so poignantly depicted oppression and horror in a form that manages to be both disarming and disquieting – David Thompson * Observer *
One of the most original cartoonists of the past two decades – Duncan Campbell * Guardian *
About The Author
Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco was born in Malta. He won an American Book Award for Palestine. He is also the author of Safe Area Gorazde and Notes From a Defeatist.
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