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MadgeWhitlin
MadgeWhitlin rated it 7 years ago
This has been on my TBR for years, but I kept putting off reading it until I knew I could get both volumes to read. It's also my first non-fiction graphic novel. This isn't really a review, just rambling.Reading Persepolis was, for me, kind of like reading Anne Frank's diary. We learned way more abo...
Merle
Merle rated it 8 years ago
A graphic-novel-style memoir about the author's childhood during the Iranian Revolution, this book seems written largely to educate Westerners about Iran. It is an episodic story focusing on how current events affected the author and her progressive family. This focus seems to have worked well for m...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it 8 years ago
Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. I love that this is told from Satrapi's point of view. It allows us to see a child's perspective of life during a revolution. There are vast differences between her home life and public life. We see how it ...
Reader! Reader!
Reader! Reader! rated it 9 years ago
Persepolis is the powerful story of the author's childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Satrapi tells her story in black and white comic form, and the single-color graphics make the story stronger. As a descendant of the former emperor of Iran, Satrapi's family was wealthy: she attended ...
Memories From Books on Booklikes
Memories From Books on Booklikes rated it 9 years ago
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a memoir of a wealthy and sheltered childhood interrupted by revolution. Told through the lens of a eleven year old child, this book focuses on the 1980s revolution in Iran. The black and white illustrations tell the story as much as the words do. I just wish the boo...
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