{"product_id":"persepolis-i-ii","title":"Persepolis I \u0026 II – Marjane Satrapi","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSelected as one of The Guardian's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Persepolis is a wise, heartbreaking, and fiercely funny graphic novel memoir about growing up during the Iranian Revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"16\"\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/i\u003e is Marjane Satrapi's world-renowned graphic novel memoir detailing her childhood and youth in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the devastation of the Iran-Iraq War. The intelligent, outspoken child of radical Marxist parents—and the great-granddaughter of Iran’s last emperor—Satrapi bears witness to a unique upbringing deeply entwined with the tumultuous history of her country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eTold through striking black-and-white comic artwork, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"53\"\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/i\u003e paints an unforgettable, deeply human portrait of daily life in Iran, capturing the bewildering contradictions between private home life and oppressive public mandates. Amidst political tragedy and social upheaval, Satrapi’s child’s-eye perspective brings immediacy, outrage, and remarkable humor to the story. It is a poignant narrative of a childhood at once ordinary and extraordinary, buffered by the warmth of a loving, progressive family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eThis combined volume brings together Parts I \u0026amp; II into a single, complete literary masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePraise for the Book:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11,0\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\"The magic of Marjane Satrapi's work is that it can condense a whole country's tragedy into one poignant, funny scene after another\"\u003c\/i\u003e — \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11,0\" data-index-in-node=\"135\"\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"BEETLE BOOK SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52632526618907,"sku":null,"price":679.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/2150\/0699\/files\/71E1ZRNzM7L._SL1153.jpg?v=1784595621","url":"https:\/\/beetlebookshop.com\/kn\/products\/persepolis-i-ii","provider":"Beetle Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}