This is a detail of my Dutch copy of The Complete Persepolis, a graphic memoir by Marjane Satrapi. It originally belonged to my grandmother. With beautifully bold black and white drawings, Satrapi describes how she grew up in Teheran during the Islamic Revolution. The book is both full of ordinary experiences of growing up and life-changing events such as a bomb falling on her neighbour’s house, which I think is what makes it so powerful. Because there are so many easily relatable experiences in the book, I very quickly started caring for its protagonist and was extra touched when her life got tougher and tougher. Moreover, it gives a very personal and therefore extra insightful account of what it is like to live in such circumstances. I like this book very much.
Have you read any graphic novels/ graphic memoirs?
‘The Weather Today’ is a challenge I set myself in which every day(ish) I will take a random book from my bookshelves and write a few sentences about it.
Another Night of Reading 
We had to read a part of this for Pleasures of the Text, and ever since I’ve wanted to read the whole thing! That’s over 4 years ago now… Oops!
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You can read it in about an afternoon, I think, so it might be nice as a brief alternative to whatever other books you are reading :). You’re welcome to borrow my copy, if you like.
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oooh, that book is extremely interesting and the fact that it was your grandmother’s makes it even cooler! i must check this book out! 😀 love your thoughts!
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I saw the film once, but I haven’t read the book yet. Loved the film, though, so this one’s going on my books-I-want-to-borrow-from-Emmie-list. ;D
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