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Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is an exemplary autobiographical graphic novel, in the tradition of Art Spiegelman's classic Maus. Set in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, it follows the young Satrapi, the six-year-old daughter of two committed and well-to-do Marxists. As she grows up, she witness first-hand the effects that the revolution and the war with Iraq have on her home, family and school.
The main strength of Persepolis is its ability to make the political personal. Told through the eyes of a child (as reflected in Satrapi's simplistic yet expressive black-and-white artwork), the story shows how young Marjane learns about her family history and how it is entwined with the history of Iran, and watches her liberal parents cope with a fundamentalist regime that gets increasingly rigid as it gains more power. Outspoken and intelligent, Marjane chafes at Iran's increasingly conservative interpretation of Islamic law, especially as she grows into a bright and independent teenager. Throughout she remains a hugely likeable young woman.
Persepolis gives the reader a snapshot of daily life in a country struggling with an internal cultural revolution and a bloody war, but within an intensely personal context. It's a very human history, beautifully and sympathetically told. --Robert Burrow
Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Safe Area: Gorazde
‘Persepolis is disarming and often humorous but ultimately it is shattering.’
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am not typically a big fan of graphic novels but the work of Joe Sacco took my breath away when I was in college so it was with glee and expectation that I took this book up.
Its superb. Comics are considered juvenile. I am utterly convinced, as a result of this book, that the graphic novel is a great vehicle for discussing the most serious and sombre of topics. The contrast between the simple drawings and the complex events they represent create a balance so that you can read the saddest things without being weighed down.
That having been said, the moving tale of an independent young woman's maturation in and out of post-revolution Iran moved me to tears at some points. I have an insight into the country that countless documentaries or news articles about President Ahmadinejad or Ayatollah Khomeini couldn't give me.
I strongly recommend it to everyone. It will be an eye-opening education.
Its superb. Comics are considered juvenile. I am utterly convinced, as a result of this book, that the graphic novel is a great vehicle for discussing the most serious and sombre of topics. The contrast between the simple drawings and the complex events they represent create a balance so that you can read the saddest things without being weighed down.
That having been said, the moving tale of an independent young woman's maturation in and out of post-revolution Iran moved me to tears at some points. I have an insight into the country that countless documentaries or news articles about President Ahmadinejad or Ayatollah Khomeini couldn't give me.
I strongly recommend it to everyone. It will be an eye-opening education.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really really loved this book, which I bought because of a couple of glowing reviews in newspapers. Its so good, I'd say you're really missing out if you haven't read it. Everyone I buy it for ends up buying it for their friends too. Basically its the story of a very precocious girl living in Tehran with liberal secular parents and how they live through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, but its not heavy-going despite that. Its full of both funny and poignant moments, and the author is fairly frank about how as a child she would cause her folks loads of stress. The way she works the story between the words and images is wonderful. Buy it! You'll love it. I'm reserving the next volume right now.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A remarkable child's-eye view of the Islamic Revolution in Iran from the within. Persepolis successfully uses the medium of comics to disarm the reader and draw him in to provide not just a view from inside the revolution, but a personal view from deep within a family inside the revolution. This makes for a surprisingly intimate and immediate experience of events most Westerners have viewed only vaguely from afar.
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magnificent graphic account of a real life story
Very original format: telling the story of a revolution, a major event in world history, through a graphic story about a little girl coming of age. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Carno Polo
A must read book!
I am a self-confessed bookworm, but I can safely say I've never read a book like Persepolis. I bought this after watching the film, and being amazed by its humour, and artistic... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Emily
Persepolis
This is an amazing story and a fascinating insight into the Iranian Islamic revolution from an insider's perspective. The best kind of graphic novel.
Published 23 months ago by agentinfinity
Intimate and witty account of something you usually see from the...
"Persepolis" is a a compilation of the memoirs of a young iranian woman, presented in the form of a graphic novel with a very simple, yet really effective, visual style. Read more
Published on 14 May 2010 by Sofia Romualdo
The perfect introduction to Iran
If you don't know anythig about Iranian culture or history this might be an alternative introduction to a meaty boring treaty. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Anna Pitton
Makes the political personal
This wonderfully informative graphic novel makes the political personal and meaningful, within simple black and white images that reminded me of the work of Art Spiegelman, who... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2009 by Eileen Shaw
Lovely suprise!
As soon as I received this book I was ready to return it because I hadn't realised the story was told using a totally different way to the one I was used to reading. Anyway. Read more
Published on 22 May 2009 by Amelia
Persepolis
This is a very good book. The black & white pictures are well drawn and convey very well the horror of war, the effects on ordinary people of oppression and the humour still to be... Read more
Published on 18 May 2009 by Y. J. Fielding
A heartwarming read
Persepolis is based on Marjane Satrapi's life but as she has repeatedly said in different interviews it is not her biography. Read more
Published on 28 July 2008 by S. Hashemi
Illustrated Revolution
Marjane Satrapi was ten-years-old when the Islamic revolution took away her freedom and rights, thrusting Iran back into the Dark Ages. Read more
Published on 18 May 2008 by Oliver Redfern
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