Persepolis
The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Recommended by Pooneh Ghoddoosi, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #4 in Middle East, Ranked #12 in Multiculturalism — see more rankings.
A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year”
A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller
Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken... more
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Pooneh Ghoddoosi I read the book and it was great, but more people saw the film because it was nominated for an Academy Award. And after seeing the movie, so many people I knew came up to me and told me that they thought it was exactly the story of my life. And not just me, but most of my Iranian friends had the same feeling of “Oh God, that could have been me, I could have written that book – it could have been the story of my life and my family, and that’s exactly how I felt in high school.” (Source)
Rankings by Category
Persepolis is ranked in the following categories:
- #67 in 10th Grade
- #14 in 14-Year-Old
- #65 in 15-Year-Old
- #15 in 9th Grade
- #36 in Autobiography
- #79 in Biography
- #31 in Black and White
- #93 in Class
- #31 in Comic
- #64 in Coming Of Age
- #76 in Controversial
- #100 in Culture
- #97 in Feminism
- #35 in Graduate School
- #95 in Growing Up
- #67 in Human Rights
- #81 in Identity
- #44 in Illustrated
- #26 in Islam
- #33 in Memoir
- #36 in New York Times Bestseller
- #17 in Revolution
- #70 in Translated
- #83 in True Stories
- #81 in True Story
- #77 in Women
- #75 in World
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