“Persepolis is a French-language autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi depicting her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. The title is a reference to the historical town of Persepolis.”
The illustration is nice, I liked the auto-bio-graphical story of Marjane Satrapi. I was 16 when I left my parents to stay with @ uncle’s place for a year and half and I could relate to few chapters of the book lot more than others. The takeaway for me here is The Story of Iran”. I had never read anything on that country. Most of what we read is what Americans enforces on the world thru the media, there is must more to this country is what the book shows. Being an Indian it’s easy to relate to the chaos, though my generation is yet to see a Political Turmoil in the country say for e.g. Emergency during Indira Gandhi’s rule etc. After seeing the political demonstration video’s in Popular Item on Google Reader yesterday I recalled Marjane Satrapi’s Gandmother’s saying in the book That we never had stability for ages and any would be shortlived. Persepolis is must read, I think women would relate more to the story then men.
“The title character, Asterios Polyp, is a professor and architect of Greek descent who teaches at a college in Ithaca, New York. After a lightning strike burns down the building in which he lives, he leaves the city and takes up employment in a small town (chosen seemingly at random) as an auto mechanic. The novel is interspersed with scenes from his past, including his childhood and troubled marriage, as well as more fantastical scenes (including those narrated by his dead twin brother, Ignazio).”
a) I loved the illustrations,
b) Didn’t like and didn’t attempt to understand the plot,
c) I have come to realize that I dislike books with twins in it take for e.g. The God of Small things by Arundhati Roy.
d) I like the analogies in the book for e.g. the part where in the girl stacks three badges in a pyramid shape and terms one as Love, Trust and Respect and states that this is what keeps it from falling.
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