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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
challenging
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challenging
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funny
informative
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emotional
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medium-paced
This is a remarkable 'Children of the Borderlands' tale. I learned a lot I didn't know about the Middle East and Iran. I was reminded that Americans have a long way to go before they can complain about religious persecution. I learned that I don't want to live in Iran.
I met a woman and her family and now I care a great deal about strangers I have never or never will meet.
What more is there to find in a book?
I met a woman and her family and now I care a great deal about strangers I have never or never will meet.
What more is there to find in a book?
Good follow up to the first volume and deals more with the coming of age trials of young adulthood. I love how well she captures the various methods of resistance in an oppressive society.
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Initially, I found the book disappointing after the first Persepolis. However, once Satrapi leaves Europe, the book dramatically improves.
What is it about graphic novels that makes them adapt so well to difficult stories? This is a continuation of Marjane Satrapi's story. It picks up with her time spend in Austria, both as a student and as a homeless person, and ends with her return to Iran, where she marries, goes to art school, and divorces. I don't consider that description to be a spoiler: the beauty of Satrapi's continuing memoir is that she is so damn honest. It is the revelations about her character, her misgivings, her bold sparring with the totalitarian regime in Iran that must be read to be appreciated. The artwork is quite wonderful as well. In moving between the worlds of the West and the Muslim fundamentalists, Satrapi finds herself becoming a stranger to both. Kudos to Marjane for writing such an unflinchingly righteous, gutsy book.
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