Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library)
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🌍Global cultural & historical insight
📚NYT Bestseller #431
🖤Striking black & white art
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Description
🖤 Dive into history’s most compelling childhood — where courage meets comic art.
- AWARD WINNING BESTSELLER - Ranked #1 in Biographies & History Graphic Novels, with 4.6⭐ from 6,700+ readers
- CULTURAL ZEITGEIST CAPTURED - Authentic childhood perspective during Iran’s Islamic Revolution and war
- VISCERAL VISUAL STORYTELLING - Powerful black-and-white comic strips that make complex history accessible and gripping
- EMPOWERING THOUGHT PROVOKING - Challenges authority, patriarchy, and explores personal freedom with wit and heart
- TIMELESS UNIVERSALLY RELEVANT - A must-read memoir blending personal growth with global political upheaval
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is Marjane Satrapi’s critically acclaimed graphic memoir, blending stark black-and-white illustrations with a poignant narrative of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Celebrated as a New York Times bestseller and a top memoir of the 21st century, it offers an intimate, insightful, and accessible window into political upheaval, personal resilience, and cultural identity.
Specifications
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,560 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Biographies & History Graphic Novels #2 in Historical Middle East Biographies #3 in Literary Graphic Novels (Books) |
| Book 1 of 2 | Persepolis |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (6,756) |
| Dimensions | 0.5 x 9 x 3.78 inches |
| Edition | Reprint |
| ISBN-10 | 037571457X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0375714573 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 160 pages |
| Publication date | June 1, 2004 |
| Publisher | Pantheon |
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