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The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day Of The Battle Of The Somme (2013)

by Joe Sacco(Favorite Author)

4.35 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0393088804 (ISBN13: 9780393088809)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: I'm conflicted about giving this a certain number of stars since these writers were clearly going for something different than most other graphic novelists. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed this. The artwork is vivid and nuanced and peculiar in that Sacco way, and the overall design of the book is well cut. Sacco was going for a Bayeux Tapestry effect here, and it works. If there's one complain, it's that the Adam Hochschild piece just doesn't fit. The writing doesn't quite match the intensity and rawness of the images. I wish that Sacco had instead gone with a selection from someone who had actually gone through this, or was personally affected by it (he quotes Vera Brittain, albeit in passing).
review 2: i ran across this book in a large plastic box at the l... moreibrary. the perfect companion for a library visit. yeah, this was amazing. how could it not be? a one piece fold out of the battle of the somme in one day, spread out like a chinese painting scroll. i was reluctant to take in a comic about war. sacco's palestine and safe area gorazde were both incredible, but hard hard hard to stomach without feeling like death inside. i wonder how mr. sacco himself holds and executes so much horror. this was great. less

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