Persepolis

The Story of a Childhood

By Marjane Satrapi
(San Val, Prebound, 9781417640416, 153pp.)

Publication Date: June 2004

Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Paperback, Prebound

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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Fall '08/Winter '09 Reading Group List
“Persepolis is a graphic novel that is narrated by a young girl but crafted with the eloquence of a woman's perspective. Satrapi reflects on her childhood in Iran and her struggles to negotiate her own identity in the midst of violence, fear, and fundamentalism. A heartfelt and hilarious coming-of-age story for both adult and teenage readers!”
-- Izzy Cohen, DIESEL, A Bookstore, Oakland


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For use in schools and libraries only. The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life.
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