I think it’s obvious from my recent posts that I’m a fan of Marjane Satrapi. I have now read all her books that I could get my hands on. Since these three are fairly short, I figured I’d put them all in one post.
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Book Review: Persepolis 2
Persepolis 2
By Marjane Satrapi
My Edition:
Paperback, 187 pages
2004, Pantheon
ISBN: 9780375714665
Persepolis 2 picks up where Persepolis left off. Here’s a blurb from Amazon: In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of belonging. Finding that she misses her home more than she can stand, Marjane returns to Iran after graduation. Her difficult homecoming forces her to confront the changes both she and her country have undergone in her absence and her shame at what she perceives as her failure in Austria. Marjane allows her past to weigh heavily on her until she finds some like-minded friends, falls in love, and begins studying art at a university. However, the repression and state-sanctioned chauvinism eventually lead her to question whether she can have a future in Iran.
Book Review: Persepolis
Persepolis
By Marjane Satrapi
My Edition:
Paperback, 153 pages
2003, Pantheon Books
ISBN: 9780375714573
Persepolis is a memoir turned graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi about her life growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the war with Iraq. From the back of the book: “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.”
