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Title
Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi.
Author
Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-
Uniform Title
Persepolis. English
Edition
1st American ed.
ISBN
0375422307
9780375422300
037571457X (pbk.)
9780375714573 (pbk.)
9780375422300
037571457X (pbk.)
9780375714573 (pbk.)
Imprint
New York : Pantheon Books, c2003.
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from the French.
Description
153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PN6747.S245 P4713 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
741.5/944
955.05/42/092 B
955.05/42/092 B
Summary
An intelligent and outspoken only child, Satrapi--the daughter of radical Marxists and the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor--bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life and of the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit. Marjane's child's-eye-view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a stunning reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, through laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The veil
The bicycle
The water cell
Persepolis
The letter
The party
The heroes
Moscow
The sheep
The trip
The F-14s
The jewels
The key
The wine
The cigarette
The passport
Kim Wilde
The Shabbat
The dowry.
The veil
The bicycle
The water cell
Persepolis
The letter
The party
The heroes
Moscow
The sheep
The trip
The F-14s
The jewels
The key
The wine
The cigarette
The passport
Kim Wilde
The Shabbat
The dowry.