TY - GEN AU - Sacco, Joe TI - Palestine T2 - Palestine SN - 9780224069823 U1 - 956.940540222 PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - Jonathan Cape KW - Arab Israeli conflict KW - Comic books KW - Palestinian Arabs KW - Israel politics and government N2 - In late l991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking notes. Upon returning to the United States he started writing and drawing Palestine, which combines the techniques of eyewitness reportage with the medium of comic-book storytelling to explore this complex, emotionally weighty situation. He captures the heart of the Palestinian experience in image after unforgettable image, with great insight and remarkable humour. The nine-issue comics series won a l996 American Book Award. It is now published for the first time in one volume, befitting its status as one of the great classics of graphic non-fiction ER -