Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi\'s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
In its depiction of the struggles of growing up--here comp.
As funny and poignant as its predecessor, Persepolis 2 is another clear-eyed and searing condemnation of the human cost of fundamentalism.
However, the repression and state-sanctioned chauvinism eventually lead her to question whether she can have a future in Iran.
Marjane allows her past to weigh heavily on her until she finds some like-minded friends, falls in love, and begins studying art at a university.
Her difficult homecoming forces her to confront the changes both she and her country have undergone in her absence and her shame at what she perceives as her failure in Austria.
Finding that she misses her home more than she can stand, Marjane returns to Iran after graduation.
Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of belonging.
In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna.
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return Here is the continuation of Marjane Satrapi\'s fascinating story.
And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.
It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity.
Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression.
Marjane\'s child\'s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family.
Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life.
The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran\'s last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.
In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah\'s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi\'s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution
