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Marjane Satrapi captures what life was like growing up in Iran before and after the Islamic Revolution, being an immigrant in Europe, and returning to Iran. Using the format of the graphic novel, she can convey the raw emotions of the experience as well as inserting the humor and innocence of a young child and later a young woman in very extreme circumstances.
In the early parts, the story is almost a Charlie Brown view of the Iranian Revolution demonstrating the impact on her as a child. She th ...more
In the early parts, the story is almost a Charlie Brown view of the Iranian Revolution demonstrating the impact on her as a child. She th ...more
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is like nothing I've ever read before. I'd never even considered picking up a graphic novel until I heard about this book. I'm so happy I decided to give it a chance.
Persepolis follows Satrapi's life as she grows up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution. It's a subject I knew very little about beforehand, and likely never would have learned more about if it hadn't been for Persepolis. I thought the graphic novel format worked really well. It allowed me to absorb ...more
Persepolis follows Satrapi's life as she grows up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution. It's a subject I knew very little about beforehand, and likely never would have learned more about if it hadn't been for Persepolis. I thought the graphic novel format worked really well. It allowed me to absorb ...more
As important as Maus.
What happened in Afghanistan recently brought me back to this book. There was Iranian revolution back then that changed many things dramatically. After watching many documenters and read wikipedia, I decided to read it again.
After eight years, I have totally forgot some chapters. It was still a great journey through years. How they survived during war awed me especially her parents. It was not easy but they were still there no matter how bad the situation was.
After eight years, I have totally forgot some chapters. It was still a great journey through years. How they survived during war awed me especially her parents. It was not easy but they were still there no matter how bad the situation was.
A really important inside look at what kid is like in Iran as it changed into an Islamic Republic. Of course this is one woman's experience, but she shows us the hope of her parents for an open society and how that's not what revolution brought. She showed us how it became impossible for her to stay and there are also glimpses of how the western world has never understood the Middle East and continues to have a lack of understanding but not a lack of involvement.
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I read this book due to the fact that I had finished Blankets and wanted to read another graphic novel in the same sort of vain. I felt that the first half was a little slow, as it dealt a lot with the political aspects of living in pre-revolutionary Iran and the war itself. The story from the time she left Iran for the first time till the end of the book had much more of a flow to it and was much better than the first half of the book.
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