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Persepolis
Growing up during a revolution, getting sent abroad at 14, and not fitting in anywhere after. Persepolis gets it. ✏️
Who it's for
Satrapi tells her own story from age ten during the Iranian Revolution through war, exile in Vienna and her return, in stark black-and-white drawings with a child's frankness and dark humour.
Confused→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic memoir in black-and-white drawings, first published in French in four volumes (2000-2003) and in English by Pantheon as two volumes.
Where to find it
In print; widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla) and as an ebook. The 2007 animated film adaptation is also available. Still in copyright.
Before you start
Heads up: Suicide attempt and war violence.
Age: Ages 14+
One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings;W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 1
