{"product_id":"persepolis","title":"Persepolis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Complete Persepolis — Volumes I \u0026amp; II in one edition, introduced by the author. The classic memoir-in-comic-strips, in the Vintage Classics red livery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarjane Satrapi\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny, wise and ultimately heartbreaking, \u003cem\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/em\u003e did for Iran what \u003cem\u003eMaus\u003c\/em\u003e did for the Holocaust: it made a nation's tragedy legible one household at a time. This edition collects both volumes — \u003cem\u003eThe Story of a Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Story of a Return\u003c\/em\u003e — complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A revelation… you will remember it for a very long time.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eMark Haddon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The magic of Marjane Satrapi's work is that it can condense a whole country's tragedy into one poignant, funny scene after another.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarjane Satrapi\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Iranian-born graphic novelist and film director based in Paris. Her animated adaptation of \u003cem\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/em\u003e won the Jury Prize at Cannes and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt Spiegelman's \u003cem\u003eMaus\u003c\/em\u003e, Alison Bechdel's \u003cem\u003eFun Home\u003c\/em\u003e, and anyone who thinks they don't read graphic novels — this is the one that changes minds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics (Penguin Random House)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52140799885528,"sku":"9781784879099","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9781784879099.jpg?v=1785764347","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/persepolis","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}