The Complete Persepolis: Volumes 1 and 2 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375714832)

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.

Author: Marjane Satrapi
ISBN-10: 0375714839
ISBN-13: 9780375714832
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2007
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 01/11/2008 pg. 75
Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 53