Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
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Description
Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's inventive, wry, and tragic memoir of growing up in Tehran in the 1980s—the tumultuous years when the Islamic Revolution took hold in Iran and the country fought off an invasion from neighboring Iraq. Using a striking black-and-white comic strip format, Satrapi chronicles daily life from the perspective of a middle-class schoolchild, as well as cataclysmic events such as the overthrow of the shah and the long, bloody war with Iraq. Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the personal costs of war and repression, convincingly related by a perceptive girl caught up in the raging currents of history who also has time to listen to Michael Jackson and dream of a better life. In the aftermath of the Arab Spring of 2011, Persepolis feels even more timely, insightful, and essential.
ISBN
9780375714573
Publication Date
2003
Publisher
Pantheon Books
City
New York, NY
Document Type
Book
Keywords
Muslim Journeys, Memoir, Tehran, 1980s, Islamic Revolution, Comic strip
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Religion
Recommended Citation
Satrapi, Marjane, "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" (2003). Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys. 13.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/muslim-journeys-books/13
