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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. [1] Originally published in French, Persepolis has been translated to many ...
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Oct 21, 2021 · PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi | Review first published May 11, 2003. Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” is the latest and one of the most delectable examples of a booming postmodern genre:...
Aug 17, 2023 · The cartoonist, who has described her autobiographical comics as an ode to her home country, first published the memoir in four installments, between 2000 and 2003, in France, where she moved ...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. “A...
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Apr 29, 2003 · Persepolis 1 was written in 2000 and Persepolis 2 was written in 2004. Persepolis 1 begins by introducing, Marji, the ten-year-old protagonist. Set in 1980, the novel focuses on her experiences of growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
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Apr 29, 2003 · Marjane Satrapi. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Apr 29, 2003 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 160 pages. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s...
The first two French volumes were translated and reprinted together in the American volume Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood in 2003. Named after the capital city of the Persian Empire, the book is an autobiographical tale set during the Islamic Revolution of Iran and the Iran- Iraq War in the 1970s and 1980s, told through a series of comics.
