Leslie's review
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
Leslie's review
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Leslie's review
rating:
It’s hard to believe that Satrapi can convey any joy or humor in the face of Iran’s increasingly repressive political climate during the early 1980s, but indeed she does, in the character of Marji, whose thirst for knowledge is indefatigable. At first Marji’s parents shield her, forbidding her to go with them to demonstrations against the shah, but soon enough, Marji sees for herself what happens to her friends’ parents, and her parent’s friends and relatives.
One of the most heart-rending images (for me) was Marji lying spread-eagle on her bed, bug-eyed, as she absorbs a story her war hero uncle has just told her, in the moment before Marji asks for more stories like that one. The story was about her uncle’s friend, on the eve of his execution, whose girlfriend comes to him in prison and wants to make a baby, even though it means life will be hard for her as a single mother in Iran. Marji is thirsting for dramatic, political stories, in part because she is engaged in a...more
One of the most heart-rending images (for me) was Marji lying spread-eagle on her bed, bug-eyed, as she absorbs a story her war hero uncle has just told her, in the moment before Marji asks for more stories like that one. The story was about her uncle’s friend, on the eve of his execution, whose girlfriend comes to him in prison and wants to make a baby, even though it means life will be hard for her as a single mother in Iran. Marji is thirsting for dramatic, political stories, in part because she is engaged in a...more
