bananabell 's review for:

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

3.0

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refreshing to witness the life of someone who is so totally immersed in life. the overlapping of self, family, partners, and the much wider scope of society and nation within this series is illuminating. i appreciate how the author calls back to many topics expressed throughout the book and that this book ends in a sort of symmetry to the first. i see satrapi within the same club as didion, not necessarily in terms of personality (satrapi is bolder i think), but as someone who is irrevocably honest with herself and the way she exists in the world.