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The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

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Manufacturer : Pantheon
Release date : 30 October 2007
ISBN-10 : 0375714839 | ISBN-13 : 9780375714832

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Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips.Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued ... (more)


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Posted : 1 year ago at Dec 15 9:41
Completamente envolvente! Impossível não se apegar a história (e também a 'personagem') de Marjane Satrapi. Apesar de ser uma história em quadrinhos - com traços bonitos e diferentes do comum - os relatos da autora são quase uma obra sem ilustrações. Entre acontecimentos da vida da menina, da infância à fase adulta, há relatos dos momentos conturbados vividos no Irã - e como Marjane, sua família e pessoas próximas lidavam com as mudanças relacionadas à religião. O leitor pode se deliciar à vontade ao acompanhar as 'peripécias' da pequena Marjane, que vai aos poucos entendendo melhor a política e todos os problemas que o seu país vivia naquele momento, mostrando-se sempre determinada a defender aquilo que julga melhor para o lugar onde vive. Tudo isso acompanhado pelos...Read more

Rating : 10/10

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Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Sep 16 9:40
I bought this book on a whim. I knew nothing about it other than that it had recently been made into an animated film. Had I flicked through the book before getting it to the counter (something I usually do) I wouldn't have bought it. Why? Because it's a graphic novel. Not that I have anything against graphic novels per se, just as a medium for telling a serious and true story. And had I put this book back I truly would have missed a treat. The book begins in 1879, at the start of the Iranian Islamic Revolution. It is the story of a young girl's life before and after the revolution. That girl is Marjane Satrapi and at the beginning of the book she is 10 years old. Her parents are liberal, non-religious and determined that Marjane should have a good education. Marjane is in a good positi...Read more

Rating : 9/10