Title: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books (2003)
ISBN: 0375422307 9780375422300 037571457X 9780375714573
Pages: 153
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Perseoplis is the story of Marjane, is actually the memoir of the author's childhood in Iran. Satrapi is the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of Marxist parents. Persepolis tells the story of Satrapi as she grows up in Tehran following the overthrow of the Shah, during the Islamic Revolution, and into the war with Iraq. While growing up, she ponders why everything is going on and worries about the safety of her parents as they demonstrate and people around her are arrested.
I really like Persepolis and can understand why it has been compared to Art Speigelman's Maus. I am not quite as impressed with Persepolis as I was Maus however. I did like that the book was about an area that most of us Americans do not know much about- Iran. It is fascinating to get that different perspective on things. This book would be great to use in the classroom at the high school level. It would be great to use in a history classroom to help students learn about the history of Iran.
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