Review of 'Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Essential questions about journalism, story telling, refugees, war and society are asked, pondered, answered (not definitely) but most importantly, brought to a human level. This book is beautifully drawn and although it might be a bit slow, it is thoughtful and compassionate.
It follows four friends in a trip through Iraq, Syria and Turkey, doing some reporting on the people they meet and the situation of refugees from the Iraq war (notably the story happens before Syrias current and devastating civil war), their experience and contact with different people and different views challenges their ideas on Jurnalism, war, and their love for their own country, the US.
I loved it. It spoke to me on a level very few books have, as it reflects lots of the questions documentary makers have to ask ourselves all the time. How much do we interfere with our subjects? Can we really tell a …
Essential questions about journalism, story telling, refugees, war and society are asked, pondered, answered (not definitely) but most importantly, brought to a human level. This book is beautifully drawn and although it might be a bit slow, it is thoughtful and compassionate.
It follows four friends in a trip through Iraq, Syria and Turkey, doing some reporting on the people they meet and the situation of refugees from the Iraq war (notably the story happens before Syrias current and devastating civil war), their experience and contact with different people and different views challenges their ideas on Jurnalism, war, and their love for their own country, the US.
I loved it. It spoke to me on a level very few books have, as it reflects lots of the questions documentary makers have to ask ourselves all the time. How much do we interfere with our subjects? Can we really tell a story without influencing it? How emotionally invested should we be when finding this stories?
Definitely recommended if you care about journalism, storytelling, people, or war. This is one of the most subdued yet powerful graphic novels I have encountered. Deeply personal, and not flashy, but humane and deep.
Read it.
