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The Complete Persepolis
Softcover 344 pp
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English (United States) · Pantheon
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6-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $24.95.
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Collects Persepolis Vol. 1 "The Story of a Childhood" and Vol. 2 "The Story of a Return!"
Published to wide acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, she tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a stunning reminder of the human cost of war and political repression.
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October 2007
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varto has rated51/29/2022
Este notable cómic autobiográfico constituye la visión de una sociedad tan compleja como la iraní de los 70s, contemplada a través de los ojos de una inteligente niña (Marji) que apenas alcanza a entender el convulsionado momento histórico que atraviesa su país durante la Revolución Islámica. Su familia vive en carne propia lo que significó la transformación de la sociedad iraní a raíz de esa revolución.Este cómic recrea, de manera dramática, el impacto que un drástico cambio político, social y cultural, de la ideología que sea, puede tener en la vida de una familia.Las ilustraciones están hechas con un estilo bastante sencillo, pero sumamente expresivo. Tienen mucho parecido a las ilustraciones de libros para niños (Satrapi solía dibujar historietas para niños), lo que le va perfectamente bien a la historia, al ser precisamente una niña la protagonista. Esa niña que nos desarma con su inocencia, agudeza y esperanza.Un cómic imprescindible.