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Rereading this for the community book club tomorrow. I had forgotten Satrapi's sense of humor. I really look forward to our discussion and hope lots of people come.
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This was my first foray into the world of graphic novels as a literary form as opposed to comic book. Not real excited. It was an adult memoir of a childhood, but the format made it just too cut and awkward. It actually reminded me of one of those badly dubbed movies where everything comes out 'me tarzan, you jane' -ish. I was willing to accept a bit of simplicity as the authors goal in telling the tale of her childhood from the perspective of her childhood but I just kept getting annoyed. This
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Just read this. Educational and heart-breaking, and something everyone ought to read.
This book helped me visualize the Iranian revolution in 79 and it's fallout.
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Suggested by Molly Hamm
Sep 11, 2008
Rachel Harlich
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it was amazing
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Sep 22, 2010
Bethany
marked it as to-read
Nov 26, 2014
Megan
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Artemis
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Aug 30, 2021
erinsabs
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