20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION •
Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and
one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first
time in hardcover, this stunning edition examines the Iranian
political landscape in the context of global politics today. • WITH
A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
“A
stunning graphic memoir…a wholly original achievement in the form.”
—The New York Times
“Persepolis
stands in defiant resistance alongside other classics of its kind,
from A Vindication of the Rights
of Woman to ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’ and Memoirs
of a Revolutionist. Twenty years on, it remains urgent,
necessary reading.”—Kirkus Reviews
Here,
in one volume: Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling, internationally
acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips. 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 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 girlhood and adolescence
at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the
history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys
of growing up.
Edgy,
searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking but threaded
throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom–Persepolis
is a stunning work from one of the most highly regarded, singularly
talented graphic artists at work today.
