Type: fiction
Status: to read
Author: Marjane Satrapi
2008-04-11
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Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood
A beautiful telling of a 1970s and early 80s Iranian childhood, in the shadow of war. The graphic novel format, although unusual, works extremely well to advance this story without making it overly bulky.
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wersha
Apr 06 - 16:53 |
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by evilonion
Type: fiction
Status: —
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Tags: islam iran war memoir middle_east graphic_novel non-fiction
2008-01-30
by driftwoodsun
Type: documentary
Status: to read
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Tags: modern_western_literature
2006-09-26
by slit
Type: documentary
Status: —
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Tags: iran feminism memoir politics comics middle_east @read2006 arab_feminism
2006-08-19
by blueberries
Type: fiction
Status: liked
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Tags: comics growing-up read-in-hebrew woman
2006-04-06
by cowgirlout
Type: documentary
Status: —
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Tags: 10
Description: An unusual graphic novel, one that I would recommend to almost anybody. Very interesting, well...
2006-03-19
by beebo
Type: documentary
Status: I recommend
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Description: Fantastic.
2006-02-12
by pekoe
Type: documentary
Status: favorite
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Tags: biography graphicnovel youngadult adult
Description: Biography of a girl growing up in Iran. Torture and death is a part of the story.
2006-01-19
by jaie
Type: fiction
Status: —
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Tags: history iran autobiography graphic.novel owned current.events
Description: A beautiful telling of a 1970s and early 80s Iranian childhood, in the shadow of war. The graphic...
2006-01-13