Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
Wise, often funny, sometimes heart-breaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, growing up during the Iranian Revolution.
The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi 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.
Amidst the tragedy, Marjane's child's eye view adds immediacy and humour, and her story of a childhood at once outrageous and ordinary, beset by the unthinkable and yet buffered by an extraordinary and loving family, is immensely moving.
'The magic of Marjane Satrapi's work is that it can condense a whole country's tragedy into one poignant, funny scene after another' Independent on Sunday
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
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but it’s also very funny too.
Emma Watson
Telling the story of Satrapi’s childhood in Iran, this is funny, wise and sad.
Stylist
Persepolis…has an outward simplicity that utterly beguiles: her black and white drawings resemble old-fashioned woodcuts; her narrative is almost breezily concise.
Royal Academy Magazine
A poignant, deeply moving and – at times – utterly hilarious work of art.
Evening Standard
If you haven’t read a graphic novel before, then start here
Herald
This touching, funny, illuminating memoir deserves a much wider audience.
Kate Figes
Guardian
The magic of Marjane Satrapi's work is that it can condense a whole country's tragedy into one poignant, funny scene after another.
Natasha Walter
Independent on Sunday
Persepolis is a stylish, clever and moving weapon of mass destruction.
David Jenkins
Sunday Telegraph
Marjane Satrapi's books are a revelation. They're funny, they're sad, they're hugely readable. Most importantly, they remind you that the media sometimes tell you the facts but rarely tell you the truth. In one afternoon Persepolis will teach you more about Iran, about being an outsider, about being human, than you could learn from a thousand hours of television documentaries and newspaper articles. And you will remember it for a very long time.
Mark Haddon I cannot praise enough Marjane Satrapi's moving account of growing up as a spirited young girl in revolutionary and war-time Iran. Persepolis is disarming and often humorous but ultimately it is shattering.
Joe Sacco