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“Delectable. . . Dances with drama and insouciant wit.― –The New
York Times Book Review“A stunning graphic memoir hailed as a wholly
original achievement in the form. Thereâ€s still a startling freshness
to the book. It wonâ€t age. In inky shadows and simple, expressive
lines— reminiscent of Ludwig Bemelmansâ€s “Madeline―—Satrapi
evokes herself and her schoolmates coming of age in a world of protests
and disappearances . . . A stark, shocking impact.― — ParulÂ
Sehgal, “The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years― The New York Times
“A dazzlingly singular achievement. . . . Striking a perfect balance
between the fantasies and neighborhood conspiracies of childhood and the
mounting lunacy of Khomeini's reign, she's like the Persian love child
of Spiegelman and Lynda Barry.― –Salon “A brilliant and unusual
graphic memoir. . . . [Told] in a guileless voice . . . accompanied by a
series of black-and-white drawings that dramatically illustrate how a
repressive regime deforms ordinary lives.―–Vogue 'Odds are, youâ€ll
be too busy being entertained to realize how much youâ€ve learned until
you turn the last page.―–Elle.com “[A] self-portrait of the artist
as a young girl, rendered in graceful black-and-white comics that apply
a childlike sensibility to the bleak lowlights of recent Iranian
history. . . . [Her] style is powerful; it persuasively communicates
confusion and horror through the eyes of a precocious preteen.―
–Village Voice ' This is an excellent comic book, that deserves a
place with Joe Sacco and even Art Spiegelman. In her bold black and
white panels, Satrapi eloquently reasserts the moral bankruptcy of
all political dogma and religious conformity; how it bullies, how it
murders, and how it may always be ridiculed by individual rebellions
of the spirit and the intellect.'Â --Zadie Smith, author of The
Autograph Man and White Teeth 'You've never seen anything like
Persepolis—the intimacy of a memoir, the irresistability of a comic
book, and the political depth of a the conflict between fundamentalism
and democracy. Marjane Satrapi may have given us a new genre.' --Gloria
Steinem I grew up reading the Mexican comics of Gabriel Vargas,
graduated to the political teachings of Rius, fell under the spell of
Linda Barry, Art Spiegelman, and now I am a fan of Marjane Satrapi. Her
stories thrummed in my heart for days. Persepolis is part history book,
part Scheherazade, astonishing as only true stories can be. I learned
much about the history of Iran, but more importantly, it gave me hope

for humanity in these unkind times. —Sandra Cisneros, author of The
House on Mango Streetand CarameloI thought [Persepolis] was a superb
piece of work, not only for the child's eye view—the developing
child's eye view—of a society unknown to many of us in the west, and
feared and suspected in proportion to being unknown.... Satrap has found
a way of depicting human beings that is both simple and immediately
comprehensible, AND is almost infinitely flexible. Anyone who's tried to
draw a simplified version of a human face knows how immensely difficult
it is not only to give the faces a range of expression, but also to
maintain identities from one frame to the next. It's an enormous
technical accomplishment.' --Philip Pullman, author ofThe Golden Compas
s, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. 'I cannot praise enough
Marjane Satrapi's moving account of growing up as a spirited young girl
in revolutionary and war-time Iran. Persepolis is disarming and often
humorous but ultimately it is shattering.' -- Joe Sacco, author of
Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde This witty, moving and illuminating book
demonstrates graphically why the future of Iran lies with neither the
clerics nor the American Empire. --Tariq Ali Author of The Clash of
Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity 'I found the work
immensely moving with depths of nuance and wisdom that one might never
expect to find in a comic book. Itâ€s a powerful, mysterious,
enchanting story that manages to reflect a great swath of Iranian
contemporary history within the sensitive, intimate tale of a young
girlâ€s coming-of-age. I didnâ€t want it to end!' —Diana Abu-Jaber,
Author of Crescent and Arabian Jazz 'A rare and chilling memoir that
offers every reader a personal, honest portrait of Iran's recent
political and cultural history. Ms. Satrapi's provocative, graphic
narrative of life in Iran before and after the Islamic revolution is an
extraordinary testament to the level of human suffering experienced by
Iranians tossed from one political hypocrisy to another. Aside from the
humanistic dimension, the beautifully minimalist Persepolis
gives further evidence of Marjane Satrapi's sensitivity and superb
skill as an artist.' --Shirin Neshat, visual artist/filmmaker 'Readers
who have always wanted to l