Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis #1-4

Marjane Satrapi with Mattias Ripa (Translator), Blake Ferris (Translator)

153 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Originally published to wide critical 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...

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Moods

emotional 74%
informative 65%
reflective 61%
sad 46%
dark 43%
challenging 34%
funny 34%
inspiring 33%
tense 24%
hopeful 20%
adventurous 14%
lighthearted 3%

Pace

fast 48%
medium 44%
slow 6%

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