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About this guide
The Libraries offer this resource guide in support of the 2009 First-Year Reading selection, Persepolis. Click on the the blue tabs above for More on Persepolis Themes, which includes articles and book reviews and Persepolis the Movie, which includes information about the film version, released in 2007.
The 2009 First-Year Reading Program, sponsored by Marquette's Manresa Project, is focused on Satrapi's first Persepolis book, also called Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood (2003). The film also includes material from her follow-up book, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (2004).
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Description from Pantheon Publisher's site:
"Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public and of the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit.
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