“Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming–both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.
Edgy, searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking but threaded throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom–Persepolis is a stunning work from one of the most highly regarded, singularly talented graphic artists at work today.”
Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجان ساتراپی) is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novellist, illustrator, animated film director, and children’s book author. Apart from her native tongue Persian, she speaks English, Swedish, German, French and Italian.
Satrapi grew up in Tehran in a family which was involved with communist and socialist movements in Iran prior to the Iranian Revolution. She attended the Lycée Français there and witnessed, as a child, the growing suppression of civil liberties and the everyday-life consequences of Iranian politics, including the fall of the Shah, the early regime of Ruhollah Khomeini, and the first years of the Iran-Iraq War.
She currently lives in Paris, where she is at work on the sequel to Persepolis. She is also the author of several children’s books.
Annual Thanksgiving Reminder: you are under no obligation whatsoever to spend holidays with family who causes you stress or unhappiness
I recognize personal circumstances unfortunately don’t always allow this to be true in practice. For those of you forced to spend the holidays in less than harmonious situations: please know this marks one more year closer to freedom. I promise you are not alone in this, and Your may not be able to see your online family & friends at the table, but we are here nonetheless.
you give these kids an almost completely empty room.
there are open desks all over the place. they could literally sit anywhere they want.
and what do they do?
sit in their assigned seats.
Just like real high school, even with no seating chart kids will sit in the same seat as they did the first day of school until the heat death of the universe
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