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Name: Persepolis
Rating: 4.304347826086 (46 reviews)
Author: Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir charts her life from the lush streets of Tehran, through the upheaval of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, to her formative years in Vienna and the bittersweet return to her homeland. The work illuminates the tension between private family life and the stark public realities of political change, and details her self‑imposed exile. Through stark black‑and‑white illustration, Satrapi offers a candid, autobiographical eye on Iran’s social, cultural, and political transformations during the 1980s and beyond.

First publish date: 2007

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Memoir

Authors: Marjane Satrapi

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