The Complete Persepolis (Persepolis, #1-4)
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Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir.
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... more
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... more
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- #34 in Autobiography
- #92 in Biography
- #73 in Catalog
- #32 in Comic
- #88 in Coming Of Age
- #47 in Feminism
- #75 in French
- #94 in Human Rights
- #50 in Identity
- #46 in Illustrated
- #33 in Illustration
- #40 in Islam
- #49 in Memoir
- #65 in Modern History
- #28 in Revolution
- #69 in Translated
- #95 in True Story
- #58 in Women
- #70 in World
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