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reviewed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1-2) by Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1-2) (2004, Pantheon)

Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during …

Review of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

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Great read! Well written, effective and smart illustrations. But, the popularity of this book results in people trying to understand the character of the Iranian Revolution through this book. Which people shouldn't do. And take it just as an anecdote of an upper middle class north Tehran resident.

reviewed Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis #3-4) by Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis #3-4) (2004, Pantheon Books)

In Persepolis, heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the freshest and most …

Review of Persepolis

Persepolis 1 was okay. But, Persepolis 2 is probably the real reason this book is famous across the globe. And it wasn't that good.

I can totally see how she and others felt their freedom was being suppressed. But, that's just the opinion of an elite living in some North Tehran district. Most of Iran at that time, felt liberated from the shackles of the Shah.

Academia, media, pop culture promotes this book clearly because it says the opposite. Otherwise very mid-book!