Reviewed by ibeforem on
Persepolis is the story of a piece of Marjane Satrapi's childhood, beginning during the Islamic Revolution in Iran when she was 6 and ending at age 14, when her parents send her away. I really only had the very barest of knowledge about the Islamic Revolution, and the book is eye-opening. Life gets hard for Marjane's family, though admittedly it is not as hard for them as it is very many others. They are lucky enough to have their immediate family remain intact -- something that isn't true about many others in their orbit.
If you've also been meaning to read this, go ahead and pick it up. I read it in about an hour, and it was well worth it.
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