Palestine

The Special Edition

Hardcover, 320 pages

English language

Published Dec. 17, 2007 by Fantagraphics.

ISBN:
978-1-56097-844-2
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I'm not sure there's anything I could say that hasn't already been said. Two things struck me: 1) the style is striking, especially the way he draws children - they have adult faces, and that is obviously a very intentional choice; 2) Writing in the 90s, he expresses skepticism about a two-state solution and suggests a single state is a better path, but that it would require an entirely different set of dynamics. Given how much the two-state discussion dominated things at this time, this seems prescient (especially given that a two-state solution is now dead).

Reading a book about Palestine that is 30+ years old that could have been written yesterday is...

Subjects

  • Graphic Novels
  • Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Fiction
  • Middle East - General
  • Nonfiction
  • Graphic Novels - General