Persepolis: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Hardcover)

from enbrown504

Persepolis is a graphic memoir that tells the story of the authors experience growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution. The format is an interesting off shoot of the graphic format taking the form of a memoir. The accuracy can be assumed to be dependable since it is a personal account of ...

from jonbrammer

Persepolis is a fascinating depiction of a the tumultuous 70s and 80s in Iran - the overthrow of the Shah, the rise of the Ayatollahs, and the war with Iraq. One criticism I have read is that Satrapi has a very limited perspective of Iranian society - she lives in a bubble of upper-middle class...

from nmhale

After watching the movie of the same name, I knew that I had to read these graphic novel memoirs. What an incredibly powerful story Satrapi shares. She grew up in Iran, surviving the downfall of the Shah, the revolution, the repressive regime that followed, and the war with Iraq. Neither she nor ...

from Ayling

It's hard not to want to compare this to Maus, which is the only other graphic novel I have read. They are both memoirs about a time of war and persecution. Both had a balance of making you want to laugh and cry in equal measures. Persepolis tells the true story of a child's experience of growing...

from mykl-s

Books are the way I can learn what life is like for a very different person in a faraway place.