Pagkuha Epub Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
By Marjane Satrapi
Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited
comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise,
funny, and heartbreaking 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 only child of
committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors,
Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her
country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the
bewildering contradictions between home life and public life and of the
enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit. Marjane?s
child's-eye-view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings,
