As of 2018, it has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. Originally published in French, the graphic memoir has been translated to many other languages, including English, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Swedish, Finnish, Georgian, Dutch, and Chinese. The title Persepolis is a reference to the ancient capital of the Persian Empire. Persepolis is an autobiographical series of bandes dessinées ( French comics) by Marjane Satrapi that depict her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran and Austria during and after the Islamic Revolution.

2004 ( Persepolis The Story of a Return).

2000 ( Persepolis The Story of a Childhood).

People who enjoy comics, and a new outlook would like this book. I would recommend this book to others, it’s an easy read that gives a whole new perspective of the people of Iran. While it wasn’t a formal book it was a overall success. I liked the book, and I thought the author did a good job of conveying the intended purpose. Just because they live there doesn’t mean they fit the stereotype. But you still shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover. I agree that most certainly not all Iranians are the way that they are shown to be, but there are definitely some that are this way. The book tries to show that not all of Iran is what it is broadcast-ed to be on the news. She doesn’t quite understand it, and tends to believe whatever she has been told, and then going on to relay that to her parents. She tries to understand the political unrest that is going on all around her. It is a funny with a child interpreting the events that are going on around her. It is the story of a girl named Marji, and her life growing up during the Iranian revolution.

Persepolis is a whole new outtake on a world that we know little about. Start Reading Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis Graphic Novel Online The book is followed by the second volume, published in 2004, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return Each section is made of 7-10 pages on average and it highlights certain important events in Marjane Satrapi’s life. There are 19 relatively short sections (chapters) in Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood. She especially focuses on how the political dynamics in her country (the Islamic Revolution that took place at the beginning of the 1980s in Iran) bringing a huge impact in her and her parents’ lives. In the first volume, The Story of a Childhood, she depicts her childhood and early teen years. In Persepolis graphic novel, Satrapi traces back and represents her previous stages of life. The title of the books is taken from the name of Persian Empire ancient capital, Persepolis.

It is the first part of Satrapi’s two volumes graphic memoir. First published in 2003, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Iranian comic writer and artist Marjane Satrapi.

Persepolis the story of a childhood