Marjane Satrapi
Author
Language
English
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Description
Contains black-and-white comic strip images in which the author shares the story of her life in Tehran, Iran, where she lived from ages six to fourteen while the country came under control of the Islamic regime.
2) Persepolis 2
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
187 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Contains black-and-white comic strip images in which the author continues the story of her life, discussing her move from Iran to Vienna in 1984, her feelings of alienation in the foreign country, and her return home where she starts college, falls in love, and questions whether she can continue to live in the repressive society.
3) Persepolis
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study....
