Reviews

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

esraa_gibreen's review against another edition

4.0

مزيج بين مذكرات أو لمحات من حياة طفلة إيرانية عمرها كان 10 سنوات وقت قيام الثورة الإسلامية والإطاحة بالشاه الإيراني عام 1979، ومظاهر التغييرات السياسية والإجتماعية التي جدت بعد الثورة مثل جعل الحجاب إلزامي لجميع النساء وحتى الأطفال في المدارس، واعتقال وإعدام الكثيرين، والحرب بين العراق وإيران وما ترتب عليها مثل تجنيد أطفال صغار للحرب في عمر الرابعة عشر، وغسيل عقولهم وإقناعهم بأن المحظوظ منهم الذي سيلقى حتفه في الحرب، فسيذهب للجنة مباشرة حيث يجد الوفرة من الطعام والنساء-!!- والمنازل المصنوعة من الجواهر.

وكيف أن الألمان باعوا أسلحة كيمائية للعراق وإيران، فاستخدموها في الحرب ضد بعضهم لينتهي الحال بالمصابين للسفر لألمانيا للعلاج، وكأنهم فئران تجارب بشرية للأسلحة.

وكيف انهارت العملة الإيرانية إثر الحرب وسياسات السلطة الحاكمة، فبعد أن كان الدولار يعادل 7 من العملة الإيرانية وقت وجود الشاه، أصبح يعادل 110 منها بعد أربع سنوات فقط.

الكتاب به بعض المقاطع الكوميدية والكثير من المقاطع المحزنة.
هذا الجزء انتهى عند عام 1984 والمفترض أن الجزء الثاني سيكون استكمال للأحداث في الفترة الزمنية التالية.

One should forgive but one should never forget.

luci7's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

mangooo_spagetti's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

cmuise's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

pengylo's review against another edition

5.0

I breezed through this because of how engaging the story was, but still found myself pausing to reflect on the weight of each scene. I love that Satrapi chose to tell the story through a graphic novel, I think it was the perfect literary medium. This book taught me a lot about a subject I knew almost nothing about. In between reading, I researched a lot about the Islamic revolution in Iran and subsequent revolutions in Middle Eastern and North African countries.
I love that this book tells the story of the revolution from a child’s POV; it really gives a sense of the terror, confusion and hopelessness that engulfs everyday life during a time of extreme political turmoil.

dlberglund's review against another edition

4.0

This was a great graphic novel about growing up in revolutionary Iran. Marjane learns to fit in, stand out, and stand up in a changing and repressive society. I'm using ideas from other teachers to make this into a unit for my middle schoolers, who can't find Iran on a map but know for sure that Iranians are all terrorists. Hoping to change that.

burstnwithbooks's review against another edition

5.0

This book was extremely well put together, informative, and interesting. I completely could not put it down, and I’m very intrigued to see what happens in the sequel.

sandraagee's review against another edition

4.0

I saw the movie "Persepolis" when it came out in 2007, but am only just now getting around to reading the graphic novel. It's pretty much excellent.

book_loser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

jayra's review against another edition

4.0

My very first Iranian book with no expectation when I chose this book as my next read

and nope, nope, I don't regret every single bit of it.

The journey while reading this book has been a roller-coaster. A good kind twirl and God.... who would have thought that a comic/graphic book can make you laugh at her punk nike shoes, denim jacket to a girl who has sad stories too.

Definitely going to watch the movie and it is worth to reread this book.