![]() As the young Marji goes about her daily business, dark clouds of religious fundamentalism are looming over the horizon, and an austere, repressive regime is shaping her world and the fates of those around her. Men are being conscripted to fight and be martyred women are being sidelined and dis-empowered. The Iranian Revolution has shaken the nation to its core and the Iran-Iraq war is getting underway. The semi-autobiographical Persepolis is the story of an ordinary Iranian kid, Marji, who we meet at the age of ten, in 1980. For so many people, Marjane’s story was much more than a graphic novel about life in Iran – it was a paean to collective memory, resonating with anyone who recalls childhood as a multifaceted story of adventure, sadness, fear, love, laughter and mystery. ![]() ![]() Marjane is the author of multi-million selling graphic novel Persepolis, a cartoon-style book based on her Tehran childhood and adolescence that has, since its publication in 2000, become a global phenomenon. Conversation with Marjane Satrapi – even over opposite ends of a zoom call – is a stimulating experience. ![]()
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