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The Complete Perseposil
Marjane Satrapi
My daughter recommended this one to me. It is a graphic novel, but not for kids.
Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming—both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.
Banned and challenged because of gambling, profanity, political viewpoints, and said to be “politically, racially, and socially offensive”, and other “graphic depictions”
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