Another astonishing work of graphic non-fiction, the story of a girl growing up in Iran during the Revolution
Another astonishing work of graphic non-fiction: the story of a girl growing up in Iran during the Revolution.
Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran. She grew up in Tehran, where she studied at the French school, before leaving for Vienna and then Strasbourg to study illustration. She has written several children's books and her commentary and illustrations appear in newspapers and magazines around the world, including the New Yorker and the New York Times. She is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning comic book autobiography in two parts, Persepolis and Persepolis 2. She currently lives in Paris.
Satrapi grew up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and its
aftermath; Persepolis is the story of her childhood. Through
Marji's youthful (though not-always-innocent) eyes and mind, we see
a turbulent moment in history unfold, and we witness the tremendous
impact that local and global events and politics can have on even
the most intimate moments of personal lives… And we get a very real
sense of what it was like to be a woman in Iran during this intense
time of cultural and political transition. … Satrapi's deceptively
simple, almost whimsical drawings belie the seriousness and rich
complexity of her story--but it’s also very funny too.
*Emma Watson*
Telling the story of Satrapi’s childhood in Iran, this is funny,
wise and sad.
*Stylist*
Persepolis…has an outward simplicity that utterly beguiles: her
black and white drawings resemble old-fashioned woodcuts; her
narrative is almost breezily concise.
*Royal Academy Magazine*
A poignant, deeply moving and – at times – utterly hilarious work
of art.
*Evening Standard*
This touching, funny, illuminating memoir deserves a much wider
audience.
*Guardian*
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