The brilliant graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution.
Marjane Satrapi lived through the Iranian Revolution as a little girl. This is her classic memoir-in-comic-strips, the story of a child entangled in the history and politics of her country. It paints an unforgettable portrait of growing up in revolutionary and war-torn Iran, in a family that was both outrageous and ordinary, beset by tragedy and yet buffered by love. Funny, wise, ultimately heartbreaking and told with unforgettable pictures.
‘A revelation...you will remember it for a very long time’ Mark Haddon
‘The magic of Marjane Satrapi’s work is that it can condense a whole country’s tragedy into one poignant, funny scene after another’ Independent on Sunday
THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS VOLUMES I & II: Includes The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return
TRANSLATED BY ANJALI SINGH
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781784879099
Number of pages: 352
Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 27 mm
Weight: 322 g
Language: English
I have two children, boys aged 9 and 11. All three of us enjoyed reading Persepolis so much, we even watched the film. We have all re-read the book as Marjane educated us about life in Iran, and basically life in... More
Amazing read! Through the narration of the author's spirited, likeable and slightly mad younger self growing up in Iran, the reader learns so much about life there from an insider's perspective, without ever... More
Anyone looking for a first person insight into life in Iran - both before and after the revolution - would be well served by reading this entertaining 'graphic autobiography'. Dealing with one woman's... More
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