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Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0375714839    
Release Date: 2007-10-30

List Price: USD 24.95     Paperback

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Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips.

Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trails of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.

Edgy, searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking but threaded throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom--Persepolis is a stunning work from one of the most highly regarded, singularly talented graphic artists at work today.

An eye opener!

JS(Hong Kong)   

Really an eye opener. For someone who knows so little about places outside Hong Kong, I was shocked again and again by what happens to people living in Iran. It makes me realise how lucky I am to have been born in Hong Kong and what a shame that I've always taken freedom as granted.

2008-03-22 02:21   |    comment   

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