**Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally
acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in revolutionary Iran.
- "The most original coming-of-age story from the Middle East yet."
**--People
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.
Edgy, searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking but threaded
throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom**--**Persepolis is a
stunning work from one of the most highly regarded, singularly talented
graphic artists at work today.