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So I admit, I picked this book up due to the press that the movie of the same name has been getting. I was fascinated by the subject matter. I love honest approach to a girl's childhood in Iran is told. The striking black and white drawings really enhance the imaginative and smart narrative. I love that this is an entertaining, sometimes sad, and entertaining graphic novel regarding the history and politics of Iran at the time. Plus, the little girl is a bit of a feminist which appeals to me.
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Persepolis is the first graphic novel that I ever read. It instantly captivated me. Marjane Satrapi tells the story of her youth in Iran and how the political and religious climate effected her and her family.
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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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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week 7
Feeling very very overwhelmed with books right now. LOL
Feeling very very overwhelmed with books right now. LOL
Jun 02, 2007
akaellen
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Oct 29, 2007
Heather Griffitts Clark
marked it as to-read
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Apr 30, 2008
Nicole
rated it
really liked it
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Sep 11, 2008
Rachel Harlich
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it was amazing
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