Safe area Goražde

In the wake of his acclaimed Palestine, Joe Sacco spent four months in Bosnia in 1995-1996, immersing himself in the human side of life during wartime, researching stories rarely found in conventional news coverage. The book focuses on the Muslim enclave of Gorazde, which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war; Sacco spent four weeks in Gorazde, entering before the Muslims trapped inside had access to the outside world, electricity or running water. In honor of its 10th anniversary, Fantagraphics is releasing an expanded hardcover edition which, much like 2007's Palestine: The Special Edition, supplements the original work with page after page of related drawings, on-site sketches, photographs, and transcripts from Sacco's notes.

Introduction / by Christopher Hitchens -- Some reflections on Bosnia, Sarajevo, and Goražde / by Joe Sacco -- Prologue -- Go away -- Red carpet, pt. I -- Guides -- Brotherhood and unity -- Riki, pt. I -- Close -- Disintegration -- The deep dark -- Silly girls, pt. I -- The Blue Road -- The Blue Road : an aside -- Disappearance -- Arts and lesiure -- Neighbors -- The first attack -- 15 minutes -- Riki, pt. II -- Drina -- Around Gorazde, pt. I -- Total war -- White death -- Silly girls, pt. II -- The Serbs -- Can you live with the Serbs again? -- The 94 offensive -- Boots! -- Ameria man -- Silly girls, pt. III -- Death and deliverance -- Peace, pt. I -- Peace, pt. II -- Peace, pt. III -- Riki, pt. III -- Epilogue, pt. I -- Epilogue, pt. II -- Where are they now -- Joe Sacco, frontline jouralist / interview by Gary Groth.