A review by dashadashahi
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

3.0

This is a very nice book. It shows a perspective to the Iranian revolution and ensuing Iran-Iraq war that is hardly explored in the literature, that of a child’s experience. While it focuses on an upper-class family, something the author makes clear, and fails to really contextualize a lot of the events it is still very informative. Perhaps if you’ve no background knowledge on the topic it would be less fruitful because much of the events assume you know why what is happening is occurring.