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Paperback The Complete Persepolis: Volumes 1 and 2 Book

ISBN: 0375714839

ISBN13: 9780375714832

The Complete Persepolis: Volumes 1 and 2

(Part of the Persepolis Series, Persépolis Series, and The Complete Persepolis Persepolis, Series)

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution has for twenty years been a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most popular and widely known graphic novels of all time. "A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form." --The New York Times Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up. Edgy, searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking but threaded throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom--Persepolis is a stunning work from one of the most highly regarded, singularly talented graphic artists at work today. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 4 stars
Like the cover and arrive good

I really like this book because we can see how the thought of the girl change through the period of time as she gets older and I really like that and how she experience everything

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Rated 3 stars
A new way to read a memoir

This was the first time I have ever seen a memoir as a graphic novel and I have to say that it was an interesting experience. I loved that the author also drew the artwork so that you can see her personality in not only her writing but her art as well. The lack of color was something that I believe kept everything simple and allowed the reader to focus on what they were reading. It is a bit of a biggie in terms of size...

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Rated 4 stars
I read it three times in a row

I originally bought this book for my high school students as it was on the "most banned books of the year" list. My students were studying about why books were banned and were controversial and decided to buy this book and read it to see if we should add it to our library. I read it three times because I felt that I kept getting something new from the text. Satrapi makes her book accessible for anyone even if you are not familiar...

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Rated 5 stars
Persepolis: both hilarious and deeply moving

Last weekend I had the joy of seeing the film adaptation of the comic book series PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi. I loved the film. I knew though that I was missing out some key points of Marjane's life so I decided to check out the complete version of PERSEPOLIS in paperback. Although the book is in the form of a graphic novel, the story is a memoir of Marjane Satrapi's life growing up in Iran as well as outside of Iran. I...

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A Powerful Autobiographical Tale in Graphic Novel Form

THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS brings together in one softbound volume two graphic novels published earlier in English (translated from French): PERSEPOLIS 1 - THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD, and PERSEPOLIS 2 - THE STORY OF A RETURN. As a single volume, Ms. Satrapi's work reads as a seamless story of an Iranian woman's maturation from a young girl in the Shah's (and Ayatollah Khomeini's) Iran to her high school years in Austria, back to...

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