30 May / The Complete Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi [in AsianWeek]
Already a bestseller in France, where it was first published, Satrapi’s achievement is capturing her childhood in spare comic book images that speak utter volumes. Satrapi, whose great-grandfather was a Persian emperor, recalls her life as an outspoken young girl living a bewildered existence in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution with her Marxist parents, her beloved uncle who was murdered by the so-called authorities, and her God who resembles Karl Marx.
Click here to read my interview with Marjane Satrapi for The Bloomsbury Review.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, May 30, 2003
Readers: Young Adult, Adult
Published: 2003 (United States)
By in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Memoir, Nonfiction, Persian, Repost, Young Adult Readers
Tags > AsianWeek, BookDragon, Civil rights, Colonialism, Cultural exploration, Family, Grandparents, Identity, Marjane Satrapi, Mother/daughter relationship, Parent/child relationship, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Politics, War