About this history book
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library) by Céline Merrien (letterer), Eve Deluze (letterer), Marjane Satrapi (artist, cover, penciler, writer) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
A New York Times Notable Book A Time Magazine "Best Comix of the Year" A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's graphic 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 and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. 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 re
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Céline Merrien (letterer), Eve Deluze (letterer), Marjane Satrapi (artist, cover, penciler, writer)
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780375423963
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Graphic Novel, Fiction