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  • Fascinating, moving and brilliantly drawn. Of extra interest to me as my first boyfriend and his family were in Tehran at the time this story takes place.

    

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• ― goldtop said on Oct 11, 2007 about the Boxset edition| Add your feedback

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  • Life in Iran

  • A moving story about Iran and its people, the war, revolution and religious dictatorship seen through the eyes of a girl who dreams about Iron Maiden and sexual emancipation of the West. This amazing autobiography is a real pleasure to read, and finally gives justice to all the Iranians who fought a ... Continue

    A moving story about Iran and its people, the war, revolution and religious dictatorship seen through the eyes of a girl who dreams about Iron Maiden and sexual emancipation of the West. This amazing autobiography is a real pleasure to read, and finally gives justice to all the Iranians who fought and died for the freedom of their country and the end of religious repression.

    

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• ― Zhuliya said on Jul 8, 2009 about the Paperback edition| 1 feedback| 1 feedback

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  • commovente, buffo, istruttivo, illuminante e triste...mille e mille grazie a Marjane per aver condiviso la sua storia con noi lettori

    

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• ― Dr. Frankensteen said on Feb 11, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Much more brighter than Maus, and yet deeply moving, Persepolis is a great biography. It teaches us more about Iran and Iranian women than any news report can possibly do.
    It's easy to come to the end with a smile, though it's impossible to imagine how hard can be survive a country like that, n ... Continue

    Much more brighter than Maus, and yet deeply moving, Persepolis is a great biography. It teaches us more about Iran and Iranian women than any news report can possibly do.
    It's easy to come to the end with a smile, though it's impossible to imagine how hard can be survive a country like that, not to mention the tears and the victims.

    

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• ― Gekko P. said on Oct 20, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Un capolavoro.

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• ― sonia.c (paquita) said on Jun 7, 2009 about the Boxset edition| Add your feedback

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  • Un'autobiografia arricchita dalla storia dell'Iran.
    I disegni passano ogni emozione.
    Interessante, ironico, triste, divertente.

    

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• ― Pergamena said on Apr 23, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In four volumes. Persepolis on Library Journal's List of Best Books of 2003 & Young Adult Library Services 2004 List of Best Books for Young Adults. 2004 HARVEY WINNER FOR BEST U.S. EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL. [An] extraordinary autobiography....A remarkable, revealing, and sometimes startling account, this is sure to be one of the most important graphic novels of the year. Highly recommended. --Library Journal

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