PERSEPOLIS VOL. 1&2

Retrouvez Persepolis dans une édition intégrale. Le roman graphique de Marjane Satrapi est devenu un classique de la bande dessinée.

Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen. Those are the years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the contradictions between home life and public life.

Amidst the tragedy, Marjane's child's eye view adds immediacy and humour. Her story of a childhood at once outrageous and ordinary, is immensely moving. It is also very beautiful. Satrapi's drawings have the power of the very best woodcuts. Persepolis ends on a cliffhanger in 1984, just as fourteen-year-old Marjane is leaving behind her home in Tehran. She escapes fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in the West.

In Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return we follow our young, intrepid heroine through the next eight years of her life. An eye-opening and sometimes lonely four years of high school in Vienna. Then, a supremely educational and heartwrenching four years back home in Iran. Persepolis 2 is also as clear-eyed and searing in its condemnation of fundamentalism and its cost to the human spirit. It's raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating.

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