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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
I was hesitant to count this book/graphic novel but I had to read it for school and so it counts as reading. I quit putting textbooks on my blog long ago lol. This is different though, it is an actual book/graphic novel with a really good story.
This story is a true story about the author's childhood growing up in Iran during the 70's and 80's. She experienced so many horrors and acts of violence in her time in Iran. She was a girl who had freedom just to watch it taken away by religious extremist. Forced to wear a veil, living in a country that bans all kinds of things from alcohol to book to jeans. Anything from the western world is banned. She experiences war for most of her life and deadly protest. She grows up defiant and refuses to obey religious laws. She gets kicked out of school and her parents worry that if she keeps up her rebellion she will be taken away raped and executed. So at 14 her parents send her to Austria to live with friends and get out of Iran.
The artwork of this book is simple and is really secondary to the story. The book does end abruptly and there is a book two but sadly I will have to pick that up on my own if I want to know what happens to her family after she leaves for Austria.
This book is tough to recommend because it is not a book I would have normally bought but it is really good. The story is told in a way that keeps a good pace and keeps you reading and wanting to learn more. So much so I do want to read the second part. The book is a short read, it can be finished in a few hours. If you pick this up I suggest getting book two also but you will want to know what happens.
This story is a true story about the author's childhood growing up in Iran during the 70's and 80's. She experienced so many horrors and acts of violence in her time in Iran. She was a girl who had freedom just to watch it taken away by religious extremist. Forced to wear a veil, living in a country that bans all kinds of things from alcohol to book to jeans. Anything from the western world is banned. She experiences war for most of her life and deadly protest. She grows up defiant and refuses to obey religious laws. She gets kicked out of school and her parents worry that if she keeps up her rebellion she will be taken away raped and executed. So at 14 her parents send her to Austria to live with friends and get out of Iran.
The artwork of this book is simple and is really secondary to the story. The book does end abruptly and there is a book two but sadly I will have to pick that up on my own if I want to know what happens to her family after she leaves for Austria.
This book is tough to recommend because it is not a book I would have normally bought but it is really good. The story is told in a way that keeps a good pace and keeps you reading and wanting to learn more. So much so I do want to read the second part. The book is a short read, it can be finished in a few hours. If you pick this up I suggest getting book two also but you will want to know what happens.