A review by ru_th
The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: "Are my trousers long enough?” “Is my veil in place?” “Can my makeup be seen?” “Are they going to whip me?” No longer asks herself: “Where is my freedom of thought?” “Where is my freedom of speech?” “My life, is it liveable?” “What’s going on in the political prisons?”
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, War, and Xenophobia