Informationen zum Autor MARJANE SATRAPI was born in Rasht, Iran.She now lives in Paris, where she is a regular contributorto magazines and newspapers throughoutthe world, including The New Yorker and The New York Times . She is the author of Persepolis, Persepolis2, Embroideries, Chicken with Plums , and several children's books. She cowrote and codirected theanimated feature film version of Persepolis, whichwas nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Klappentext 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first time in hardcover, this stunning edition examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics today. • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR "A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form." The New York Times Persepolis stands in defiant resistance alongside other classics of its kind, from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' and Memoirs of a Revolutionist . Twenty years on, it remains urgent, necessary reading. Kirkus Reviews For the first time in hardcover,a stunning twentieth-anniversary complete edition of the beloved graphic memoir, with a new introduction by the author that examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics Here in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir in-comic-strips. 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 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 homecomingboth 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 dazzling singular achievement (Salon) from one of the most highly regarded, uniquely talented graphic artists at work today. Leseprobe INTRODUCTION To the 20th Anniversary Edition When Persepolis was first published in France in 2000, I was sure the world was headed in the right direction. There were no major wars, and it seemed that humanity had somehow learned from its mistakes, that in the twenty-first century we'd finally come to realize that the earth belonged to everyone equally and that we were one racethe human race. Believing this, I was certain the need for the book would fade over time. That soon enough what I had written aboutliving through a revolution and a war and growing up under the Islamic Republic of Iran's dictatorshipwould feel like ancient history. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Persepolis was released in the United States in 2003, in the aftermath of 9/11, and we Iranians had come to be considered part of the Axis of Evil. I was invited to appear across the country, even at West Point, where I spoke about the importance of differentiating between the Iranian people and the actions of the Islamic Republic, and I became a vocal critic of the war in Iraq, pointing out the hypocrisy of trying to instill democracy with bombs. In the years since, the book has been both beloved and banned. Banned for its sexual scenes (I still don't know where those scenes are); for its torture scenes (because it's acceptable for assault rifles to be lega...

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MARJANE SATRAPI was born in Rasht, Iran.She now lives in Paris, where she is a regular contributorto magazines and newspapers throughoutthe world, including The New Yorker and The New York Times. She is the author of Persepolis, Persepolis2, Embroideries, Chicken with Plums, and several children’s books. She cowrote and codirected theanimated feature film version of Persepolis, whichwas nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first time in hardcover, this stunning edition examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics today. • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

"A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form." —The New York Times

“Persepolis stands in defiant resistance alongside other classics of its kind, from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’ and Memoirs of a Revolutionist. Twenty years on, it remains urgent, necessary reading.”—Kirkus Reviews

For the first time in hardcover,a stunning twentieth-anniversary complete edition of the beloved graphic memoir, with a new introduction by the author that examines the Iranian political
landscape in the context of global politics

Here in one volume: Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir in-comic-strips. 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 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 dazzling singular achievement” (Salon) from one of the most highly regarded, uniquely talented graphic artists at work today.

Leseprobe
INTRODUCTION
To the 20th Anniversary Edition

When Persepolis was first published in France in 2000, I was sure the world was headed in the right direction. There were no major wars, and it seemed that humanity had somehow learned from its mistakes, that in the twenty-first century we d finally come to realize that the earth belonged to everyone equally and that we were one race the human race.

Believing this, I was certain the need for the book would fade over time. That soon enough what I had written about living through a revolution and a war and growing up under the Islamic Republic of Iran s dictatorship would feel like ancient history. Unfortunately, I was wrong.

Persepolis was released in the United States in 2003, in the aftermath of 9/11, and we Iranians had come to be considered part of the Axis of Evil. I was invited to appear across the country, even at West Point, where I spoke about the importance of differentiating between the Iranian people and the actions of the Islamic Republic, and I became a vocal critic of the war in Iraq, pointing out the hypocrisy of trying to instill democracy with bombs.

In the years since, the book has been both beloved and banned. Banned for its sexual scenes (I still don t know where those scenes are); for its torture scenes (because it s acceptable for assault rifles to be legal in the United States, even if that frequently results in the murder of innocent people, but it s not okay for a reader to see a single drawing documenting the torture of political prisoners); and, more recently, becaus…