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Marjane Satrapi
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Pages: 352 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0375714839
Pub: Pantheon Books
Pub date: 2007-10-30
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5504
Reader Reviews:
My first graphic novel mesmerised me (1/1 people found this helpful)
This is a graphic novel about Marjane's childhood and early adulthood in Iran. It combines the joy of reading a comic book with a real insight to life in Iran - through her eyes. It was no effort to read - in fact it was a absolute page turner but at the end of it I still felt I had a much better understanding of recent Iranian history and its impact on ordinary people than before. It is very funny, and winsome but she never loses sight of the pity of it all. Imagine, her liberal family with fine revolutionary credentials suddenly had to wear a veil/grow a beard and live in a religious state. How do they adapt? She describes her family and friends's reluctant conformity with great wit but in a manner that is sensitive to the background thunder of political executions, fear, torture and war. I cannot wait for the film.
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Books -> Subjects -> Biography -> Women
Books -> Subjects -> Biography -> Religious -> Islam
Books -> Subjects -> History -> Countries & Regions -> Asia -> Middle East -> Iran