Marjane satrapi, iranian artist and writer whose graphic novels explore the gaps and the junctures between east and west. Buy persepolis media tiein by satrapi, marjane isbn. Pantheon books north america and jonathan cape united kingdom. Marjane satrapi iranian artist and writer britannica. Satrapi grew up in tehran in a family which was involved with communist. And its told in a comic strip format, with simplistic but stunning images. Persepolis is a autobiographical series of bande dessinees french comics by marjane. This is an excellent comic book, that deserves a place with joe sacco and even.
To ward off monsters under her bed, a girl steals the moon from the sky. Marjane satrapi books list of books by author marjane. She grew up in tehran, where she attended the lycee francais. During the first half of the book when marji is a child there are explanations. Her most famous works are the comic book persepolis and its film adaptation, and chicken with plums. See all books authored by marjane satrapi, including persepolis, and persepolis, and more on. The intelligent and outspoken child of radical marxists, and the greatgrandaughter of irans last emperor, satrapi bears witness to a childhood. Marjane satrapis use of graphic novels to depict her own life events has. I love the illustrations, and my son of 4 likes the story. Trying to arrange an interview in paris with the iranianborn writer marjane satrapi is tricky. Apart from her native tongue persian, she speaks english, swedish, german, french and italian. Marjane satrapi is an iranianborn french graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and childrens book author. This makes cats bump into things and so they send a cat to guard her at night to have the moon returned. Emma watson interviews persepolis author marjane satrapi.
Satrapi published the books persepolis 1 2000 and persepolis 2 2001 in. She currently lives in paris, where she is at work on the sequel to persepolis. Saiwish0221 all the characters are dynamic and realistic. I have read this to other kids and they all enjoy it. She is the author of persepolis, persepolis 2, embroideries, chicken with plums, and several childrens books. Marjane satrapi has 23 books on goodreads with 735422 ratings. She grew up in tehran, where she studied at the french school, before leaving for vienna and strasbourg to study decorative arts. Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, persepolis is marjane satrapis graphic memoir. For several days, i called both of the two numbers i had been given and was greeted by gruff frenchmen. I thought persepolis was a superb piece of work, not only for the childs eye. A humorous and haunting memoir of a young girl in iran by marjane satrapi, persepolis is an absolutely amazing book, filled with happiness, grief and moments of childhood in a world where all children are forced to grow up.
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