Name: Persepolis 2
SKU: 19252080
Price: 684.00 TWD
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Author: Marjane Satrapi

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Physical Book

Author

Marjane Satrapi

Publisher

Jonathan Cape

Synopsis "Persepolis 2 "

Here is the fascinating and equally unforgettable sequel to Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi's memoir-in-comic strips of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Persepolis ended on a cliffhanger in 1984, just as fourteen-year-old Marjane was leaving behind her home in Tehran, escaping fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in the West. Here we follow our young, intrepid heroine through the next eight years of her life: an eye-opening and sometimes lonely four years of high school in Vienna, followed by a supremely educational and heartwrenching four years back home in Iran. Just as funny and heartbreaking as its predecessor - with perhaps an even greater sense of the ridiculous inspired by life in a fundamentalist state - Persepolis 2 is also as clear-eyed and searing in its condemnation of fundamentalism and its cost to the human spirit. In its depiction of the universal trials of adolescent life and growing into adulthood - here compounded by being an outsider both abroad and at home, and by living in a state where you have no right to show your hair, wear make-up, run in public, date, or question authority - it's raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating.

Marjane Satrapi

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Marjane Satrapi (Rasht, Iran, November 22, 1969) is a Franco-Iranian author, illustrator, and filmmaker, famous for her graphic novel Persepolis, where she narrates her childhood and youth during the Islamic Revolution. Satrapi emigrated to France in her adolescence, where she developed her artistic career. In addition to Persepolis, Chicken with Plums and Embroideries stand out among her most known works. She has received awards such as the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the film adaptation of Persepolis. Satrapi is celebrated for her visual style and her ability to address political and personal themes with honesty and humor.

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