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Persepolis

This text tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from six to 14, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution & the devastating effects of war with Iraq. Satrapi paints a portrait of daily life in Iran & of the bewildering contradictions between home life & public life
Print Book, English, 2006
Jonathan Cape, London, 2006
Comics (Graphic works)
343 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
9780224080392, 0224080393
1143850167
Persepolis : The story of a childhood
Persepolis : The story of a return
Originally published: in 2 vols
Translated from the French