Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
Rebellion drawn in black ink.
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your teenager is ready to understand that political upheaval is something real families live through not just history
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Satrapi grew up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war. She drew her childhood in black and white because that's what it felt like — the colors of ordinary life draining away as the revolution hardened into something her parents hadn't voted for. A graphic memoir that made more people understand Iran than any diplomatic briefing. The dispatch that proved comics could carry the weight of history.
Where This Book Lives
- Setting
- Iran • Middle East
- Voice
- Written by a Iranian author
- Themes
- coming of agememoir
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