Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi\'s wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
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.
A New York Times Notable Book A Time Magazine Best Comix of the Year A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi\'s graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. [Her] style is powerful; it persuasively communicates confusion and horror through the eyes of a precocious preteen.
QVillage Voice. . . [A] self-portrait of the artist as a young girl, rendered in graceful black-and-white comics that apply a childlike sensibility to the bleak lowlights of recent Iranian hiStory .
Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi\'s wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution
