The brilliant graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution.
Marjane Satrapi lived through the Iranian Revolution as a little girl. This is her classic
memoir-in-comic-strips the story of a child entangled in the history and politics of her
country. It paints an unforgettable portrait of growing up in revolutionary and war-torn Iran
in a family that was both outrageous and ordinary beset by tragedy and yet buffered by love.
Funny wise ultimately heartbreaking and told with unforgettable pictures. 'A
revelation...you will remember it for a very long time' Mark Haddon 'The magic of Marjane
Satrapi's work is that it can condense a whole country's tragedy into one poignant funny scene
after another' Independent on Sunday THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS VOLUMES I & II: Includes The
Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return TRANSLATED BY ANJALI SINGH **ONE OF THE
GUARDIAN 'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
