from roguefire

Advanced readers that I usually receive are duds. I was plesantly surprised to get a graphic novel in the mail. I love how there are history lessons to be had in powerful drawings now. i.e. Persepholis, Maus, and Pride of Baghdad. This is a girl struggling with her identity in Iran. She wants to ...

from deslivres5

Nylon Road is a memoir of Parsua Bashi life in Iran and her emigration to Switzerland as an adult. She is a very talented artist and designer who uses the unique construct of conjuring up herself at various ages to give us insight on formative periods of her life. There are obvious comparisons be...

from truncoxx

Not only is this book visually appealing, it is also intellectually appealing. I am not a fan of graphic novels, in fact up until this book, I have never read one. However, from the moment I picked up this book I didn't put it down until I finished it. I loved the plot and the way it is conveyed....

from baroquem

An engaging book in which Bashi compares and contrasts her life as a girl and young woman growing up in Iran with her later experiences in Europe. Not so much a continuous story as a series of musings on different topics and experiences. I enjoyed the way that these discussions are set up and pre...

from byzantium

As an American male, this sounds like something I could honestly care less about. Sad, but true. However, I tried this book, just to see if I was right in assuming this. I was not. My biggest fear about this book is that it would either be too foreign for me to understand, or else go off on some ...