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Marjane herself is the great-granddaughter of the Shah of Persia from 1848 to 1896. According to Wikipedia, "Satrapi said that 'the kings of the Qajar Turkish dynasty...had hundreds of wives. They made thousands of kids. If you multiply these kids by generation you have, I don't know, ten to fifteen thousand princes and princesses. There's nothing extremely special about that.'"

The book ends with Marji leaving for Europe. There is a sequel, which I plan to read, and a movie, which I will get from our library on Monday. There is also a website, http://www.spreadpersepolis.com/, put out not by Satrapi but by her fans (I think).]]>