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Persepolis is a series of autobiographical graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi that depict her childhood and early adult years in Iran and Austria during and after the Islamic Revolution. The title Persepolis is a reference to the ancient capital of the Persian Empire. Originally published in French, Persepolis has been translated to many other ...
Apr 29, 2003 · 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. It shows how we carry...
- Marjane Satrapi
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2003
- 0375422307, 9780375422300
In Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marji’s remembers her life during those years, mostly from when she was about ten to age fourteen. This account includes how Marji and her family lived through and were affected by turbulent events that included the overthrow of the autocratic Shah of Iran by the Islamic revolution, the oppressive ...
Persepolis is the first book in a graphic novel series about the childhood of Marjane Satrapi, the author of this book. In this book, Satrapi reminisces her life in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran–Iraq War - a time of oppression and dejection.
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Jun 2, 2016 · Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the...
This not-to-be-missed coming-of-age story paints a vivid picture of daily life in Tehran and the contradictions between home life and public life. With political undertones and emotional depth, "Persepolis" is both a personal and political depiction of the human cost of war and repression.
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Aug 19, 2022 · Persepolis is the story of Marjane Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between ...
