The Complete Persepolis — Volumes I & II in one edition, introduced by the author. The classic memoir-in-comic-strips, in the Vintage Classics red livery.
Marjane Satrapi lived through the Iranian Revolution as a little girl. This is her story — the story of a child entangled in the history and politics of her country, told in stark, unforgettable black-and-white panels that have become some of the most recognisable images in comics.
It is a portrait of growing up in revolutionary and war-torn Iran, in a family that was both outrageous and ordinary, beset by tragedy and yet buffered by love: the great-grandfather who was an emperor, the beloved uncle imprisoned by two regimes, the parents who demonstrated by day and threw parties by night. And it follows Marjane out — to a bewildering adolescence in Vienna — and back again, to an Iran she no longer entirely recognises.
Funny, wise and ultimately heartbreaking, Persepolis did for Iran what Maus did for the Holocaust: it made a nation's tragedy legible one household at a time. This edition collects both volumes — The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return — complete.
Praise
“A revelation… you will remember it for a very long time.” — Mark Haddon
“The magic of Marjane Satrapi's work is that it can condense a whole country's tragedy into one poignant, funny scene after another.” — Independent on Sunday
About the author
Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born graphic novelist and film director based in Paris. Her animated adaptation of Persepolis won the Jury Prize at Cannes and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Perfect for readers of
Art Spiegelman's Maus, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, and anyone who thinks they don't read graphic novels — this is the one that changes minds.
