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Review: Persepolis & Persepolis II
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beth — Mon, Mar 19 2007
Continuing with books that Delia loaned me, I next read Persepolis and Persepolis II, graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi.
Marjane Satrapi was born and lived in Tehran, Iran until the age of 14, when her parents sent her to Vienna to live with friends. As a young woman, she returned to Iran. Persepolis is her memoirs about her childhood in Iran until she is sent to Vienna; Persepolis II continues where the first memoirs leave off, covering her turbulent adolescence in Vienna and her return to the oppressive political climate of Iran.
I gobbled these up. I read each of them in a day, one after the other. I felt pretty impressed with myself, till I remembered that it's really not so hot-shot to finish a book in a day that is 75% pictures.
These books really took me into her life growing up under the new Iranian government. The author emphasizes that Iran has not always been this way, that many people were unhappy with it, that Middle Easterners are not all zealots and while many dislike the US, it's not necessarily for the reasons we normally believe. The first book was especially engrossing with its stories from a child's view. It's hard to come away with these books without a new sense of empathy for Iranian women. In this respect, it's similar to Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, but Persepolis is much easier to dive into and become immediately immersed. Highly recommended.
Have you read Persepolis I or II? Share your opinions in the Comments.
Marjane Satrapi was born and lived in Tehran, Iran until the age of 14, when her parents sent her to Vienna to live with friends. As a young woman, she returned to Iran. Persepolis is her memoirs about her childhood in Iran until she is sent to Vienna; Persepolis II continues where the first memoirs leave off, covering her turbulent adolescence in Vienna and her return to the oppressive political climate of Iran.
I gobbled these up. I read each of them in a day, one after the other. I felt pretty impressed with myself, till I remembered that it's really not so hot-shot to finish a book in a day that is 75% pictures.
These books really took me into her life growing up under the new Iranian government. The author emphasizes that Iran has not always been this way, that many people were unhappy with it, that Middle Easterners are not all zealots and while many dislike the US, it's not necessarily for the reasons we normally believe. The first book was especially engrossing with its stories from a child's view. It's hard to come away with these books without a new sense of empathy for Iranian women. In this respect, it's similar to Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, but Persepolis is much easier to dive into and become immediately immersed. Highly recommended.
Have you read Persepolis I or II? Share your opinions in the Comments.
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