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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
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December 15, 2019
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January 15, 2020
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December 2019 selection for world memoirs.

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Erin (NY)
Dec 01, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: read-in-2009, books-i-own
I generally don't read graphic novels, but reading one was a part of a book challenge I am participating in, and this book had been recommended to me so I decided to make the plunge and I was very pleasantly surprised! The book was very good, all the characters were believable and pictures did not get into the way of reading teh story but in fact added to the narrative. The story was very interesting as well. I have already read Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books, which was about the sam ...more
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Jeni
Oct 20, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Truly remarkable coming-of-age narrative framed by such a difficult political landscape. Looking forward to the film viewing.
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Madeleine
Nov 25, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: series, nonfiction, graphic-novel-comic, bio-memoir
My second graphic novel ever :) Looking forward to reading persepolis 2
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Katie
Jan 01, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: memoirs, female-author, translated, __middle-east, graphic-novels
see persepolis 2
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Katy
Aug 17, 2007 rated it it was amazing
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Vicky
Oct 25, 2007 rated it it was amazing
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