I found that seeing things through a child’s eyes was fascinating and informative. Her concerned parents eventually decide that the safest option is to send their daughter away to start a new life in Europe.īefore beginning this book, I didn’t know very much at all about Iranian history and politics. Due to the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, Iran becomes an oppressive and often dangerous place to live, particularly as Marjane develops into a rebellious teenager. In The Story of a Childhood she tells us what it’s like to be a child growing up in Iran during the 1970s and 80s. These two books are the memoirs of Marjane Satrapi.
They can be bought separately but you really need to read the first book before the second. This edition is actually two books in one: The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return. When I did decide I’d like to try one I thought a graphic memoir might be the best to start with and as I’d seen Persepolis reviewed on so many blogs it seemed a good choice. It’s not that I think they’re childish or ‘not real literature’ or anything like that it had just never occurred to me to read them and until I started blogging I didn’t even realise how popular they were. I can’t explain why it has taken me so long to read one. This is the first graphic novel I’ve read.
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