Krista's review
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
Krista's review
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Krista's review
rating:
bookshelves:
womens-literature,
world-literature,
young-adult-lit
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is an autobiographical account of the author life, from about age 6 to age 14, growing up in 1960's Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the beginnings of the war between Iran and Iraq. Critically, Satrapi's graphic novel has also been praised and compared to Spiegelman's Maus.
To reflect the youth and naiveté of her younger protagonist "self", Satrapi's story is laid out in larger and more simplistic panels, though the individual frames are still very bold in their design and message. Even though the story being told is about fear and rebellion, the illustrations are sometimes laid against stylized patterns (in the form of backdrop images or clothing in the Persian fashion) or filled with images of people who appear like animated dolls- even those who are dead (like the decapitated and chopped up political prisoner). The most noticeable trait of Satrapis' illustrations is the emotive faces of her characters. Satrapi's people have large ro...more
To reflect the youth and naiveté of her younger protagonist "self", Satrapi's story is laid out in larger and more simplistic panels, though the individual frames are still very bold in their design and message. Even though the story being told is about fear and rebellion, the illustrations are sometimes laid against stylized patterns (in the form of backdrop images or clothing in the Persian fashion) or filled with images of people who appear like animated dolls- even those who are dead (like the decapitated and chopped up political prisoner). The most noticeable trait of Satrapis' illustrations is the emotive faces of her characters. Satrapi's people have large ro...more
