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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
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May 1, 2025
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May 31, 2025
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Stephanie
Apr 17, 2025 rated it it was amazing
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'Persepolis' by Marjane Satrapi should be required reading for all people as it deals with difficult subjects, but also bears witness to history that should never be ignored.
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Marjane Satrapi is the daughter of radical Marxists and the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor. Her childhood is threaded through with the history of her country, Iran. Satrapi grew up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution. In Persepolis, she talks about the Iranian experience from the 1950s through the late 1970s
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