Title: Persepolis
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Genre: Memoir, Graphic Novel
Content:
Persepolis depicts the life of one Marjane during the revolution in Iran. It takes you through her young life, through her experiences moving to Austria for school, and back to Iran as an adult. This book pays particular attention to hystorial events and takes a deep, gritty look into Iranian hystory. It really takes a deep look into how government and religion should not mix - that religion will end up taking a back seat to the vendetta of the government. The people will even forget why they do certain religious acts, such as wearing a veil. I won't say anymore or it will ruin the book for all.
The artwork is stunning. Done is only shapes of black and white, the art itself tells the majority of the story. Her work is incredibly unique and fluid.
Buy or Library: Buy it. You will want to read it again to see what you missed.
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Austria not Australia. Big difference ;)
ReplyDeleteSorry spelled it wrong. That makes more sense, Austria lol. I'll fix it. thanks
ReplyDeletePersepolis (and Persepolis II) is one of my favorite books of all time. I must have read each book dozens of times because they're just so darn captivating. These books even played a role in getting me interested in Islam and ultimately converting! :)
ReplyDeleteNice, I must read this one.
ReplyDelete*That's* what this is about? Oh, cool. I see it rec'd everywhere, but no one ever said what the comic was about so I never bothered. Now I'll add it to my list. :)
ReplyDeleteGet it on Amazon, its cheaper than in the store. Sooooo good.
ReplyDeletefrom the little french i remember, its halarious. its hard when you haven't spoken french in 3 years, but still priceless nonetheless. wait, wasnt there a movie about something similar to this? or am i insane?
ReplyDeleteYes and the movie is wonderful! The book comes in english, the movie with subtitles.
ReplyDeleteI got money to get stuff on amazon.ca for my birthday yesterday and I will get this :p
ReplyDeleteThe thing about Amazon is that their shipping charges are quite high if you live outside the States, and if you buy from one of the international Amazon sites, the prices of the actual merchandise are MUCH higher. So I bought it on E-bay. The complete edition with I and II in one volume. Am VERY glad I did. Really very high quality work. Around that time I also bought another graphic novel by someone else, but there is just no comparison. This one really brings you into that world - enough so that I remember the book in color with 'real' pictures, even though the illustrations are B/W cartoons...
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