Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited
comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise,
funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic
Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the
story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the
overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the
devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child
of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last
emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the
history of her