Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Repost - Persepolis

This is page one of Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi. It is the autobiographical story of a child in Iran just trying her best to grow up. I highly recommend this book to everyone. It is a beautiful read. Don't let the unique format fool you. It can be deeply touching and heart wrenching. She also wrote a sequal Persepolis 2, which I find to be as equally appealing. It certainly gives the "enemy" a very human face...
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Also a quote by Marjane Satrapi
"...this old and great civilization has been discussed mostly in connection with fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism. As an Iranian who has lived more than half of my life in Iran I know that this image is far from the truth. I believe that an entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists. I also don't want those Iranians who lost thier lives in prisons defending freedom, who died in the war against Iraq, who suffered under various repressive regimes, or who were forced to leave their families and flee their homeland to be forgotten."

2 comments:

Wasp Jerky said...

I think people have finally awakened to the fact that graphic novels can be every bit as literate as regular books. Maus won the Pulitzer more than a decade ago for goodness sake. I've been meaning to read Persepolis for a while now. Looks I'll have to track it down soon.

voixd'ange said...

It is fabulous as well as the sequel Persepolis 2.