Cover of Persepolis

Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

2000 · literary fiction · young_adult

Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

From inside front cover: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a ... loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private and public life in a coutnry plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trails of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming -- both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland.

Set in

  • Tehran · Iran
    Tehran during Islamic Revolution
    ★ primary

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