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Summary:

Persepolis is the story of Marjane Satrapi's 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.
Collects a two-part graphic memoir, in which the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Iran, a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The veil
• The bicycle
• The water cell
• Persepolis
• The letter
• The party
• The heroes
• Moscow
• The sheep
• The trip
• The F-14s
• The jewels
• The key
• The wine
• The cigarette
• The passport
• Kim Wilde
• The Shabbat
• The dowry

• The soup
• Tyrol
• Pasta
• The pill
• The vegetableThe horse
• Hide and seek
• The croissant
• The veil
• The return
• The joke
• Skiing
• The exam
• The makeup
• The convocation
• The socks
• The wedding
• The satellite
• The end.

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Author/Creator:

Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

Languages:

English
French

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): French

Main Work:

Persepolis [by Satrapi, M.] (English)

Related Works:

Persepolis 2 [by Satrapi, M.] (English)

Subjects:

Satrapi, Marjane, 1969- — Comic books, strips, etc.

Iran — History — Revolution, 1979 — Personal narratives

Iran — History — Revolution, 1979 — Comic books, strips, etc.

Iran — History — 1979-1997 — Comic books, strips, etc.

Iran — Social conditions — 1979-1997 — Comic books, strips, etc.

Islamic fundamentalism — Iran — Comic books, strips, etc.

Girls — Iran — Biography

Families — Iran — Comic books, strips, etc.

Iranians — Foreign countries — Comic books, strips, etc.

Emigration and immigration — Psychological aspects — Comic books, strips, etc.

Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

Revolution (Iran : 1979)

1979-1997

Islamic fundamentalism

Girls

Families

Iranians — Foreign countries

Iranians

Emigration and immigration — Psychological aspects

Emigration and immigration

Social conditions

Iran

Genres:

Comic books, strips, etc.

History

Personal narratives

Biographies

Graphic novels

General Notes:

Contains the author's Persepolis (2003) and Persepolis 2 (2004). Persepolis was originally published in France in two volumes as Persepolis 1 and Persepolis 2 in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Persepolis 2 was originally published in France in two volumes as Persepolis 3 and Persepolis 4 in 2002 and 2003, respectively.

Physical Description:

341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

PN6747.S245 P4713 2007

ISBNs:

9780375714832 (pbk.)
0375714839 (pbk.)
9781435276253 (Paw Prints)
1435276256 (Paw Prints)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007060106

OCLC Numbers:

153773813