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I'd read this before, a few years ago, and I was pleased to return to it for class. So good. So funny, so subtle, so sad. ILU Marjane Satrapi.
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Okay, so it's a graphic novel. But a) it's quite good, and b) I'm going to more than make up for any possible "lack of weightiness" by the end of this year, I promise. I've seen excerpts from this book pretty much everywhere, it seems like it was one of the most buzzed about graphic novels from last year. I exchanged a duplicate gift for it in Colorado Springs over the holidays and read it on the way home. I recommend it highly. If you've been living under a rock and haven't heard anything about
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Incredibly quick and powerful read. I need to get Part 2 ASAP.
May 01, 2011
Jessica
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it was amazing
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Re-read in April 2015. Original review from August 16, 2004: Persepolis contains the youthful recollections of Satrapi's childhood in Iran. She attempts to chronicle both the difficulties of living during the revolution and the fact that she and her family and friends were still ordinary people living ordinary lives, and does a fantastic job of accomplishing both.
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Mar 15, 2008
Talia
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it was amazing
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