A New York Times Notable Book 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 graphic 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 and of the bewildering
contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane's child's-eye view of dethroned
emperors state-sanctioned whippings and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she
does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely
personal profoundly political and wholly original Persepolis is at once a story of growing
up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on
with laughter and tears in the face of absurdity. And finally it introduces us to an
irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.
