Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
March 12, 2009 at 6:13 am Leave a comment
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. New York: Pantheon Books, 2003.
A provocative graphic novel wherein a little girl dreams of being both a prophet and a revolutionary, as she comes to grips with what political upheaval is really like, in 1980s Iran.
AWARDS
2004 ALA Alex Award
2004 YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
2004 Booklist Editor’s Choice for Young Adults
2004 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
2004 School Library Journal Adult Books for Young Adults
REVIEW
This autobiography graphic novel is carefully illustrated and cleverly told, often opposing images and words to create unusual kinds of irony and surprise. Somehow, the young female narrator manages to speak about international communism and Iranian history to a youth audience. At first, she wants to be powerful, but as those close to her family come up against political persecution, her ideas change. And all the while she talks to God (who looks like Karl Marx).
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