Name: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
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Author: Marjane Satrapi
ISBN: 9780375422881

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Marjane Satrapi

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 16.2 x 2.1 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN

0375422889

ISBN13

9780375422881

Edition No.

Synopsis "Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return"

The fascinating continuation of the best-selling Persepolis, "one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day" (Los Angeles Times). Marjane Satrapi dazzles with her heartrending graphic memoir about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of belonging. Finding that she misses her home more than she can stand, Marjane returns to Iran after graduation. Her difficult homecoming forces her to confront the changes both she and her country have undergone in her absence and her shame at what she perceives as her failure in Austria. Marjane allows her past to weigh heavily on her until she finds some like-minded friends, falls in love, and begins studying art at a university. However, the repression and state-sanctioned chauvinism eventually lead her to question whether she can have a future in Iran. As funny and poignant as its predecessor, Persepolis 2 is another clear-eyed and searing condemnation of the human cost of fundamentalism. In its depiction of the struggles of growing up--here compounded by Marjane's status as an outsider both abroad and at home--it is raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating.

Marjane Satrapi

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Nació en 1969 en Rasht (Irán) y vive en Francia desde 1994. La publicación de Persépolis (2000-2003), una innovadora serie de cómics autobiográficos, le valió un éxito fulgurante en Europa y Estados Unidos. Siguieron dos novelas gráficas más para adultos, Bordados (2003) y Pollo con ciruelas (2004), así como varios libros infantiles. Ha colaborado en revistas y periódicos de todo el mundo, y actualmente se dedica a la dirección cinematográfica, con cinco películas en su haber, entre ellas las adaptaciones de Persépolis (2007) y Pollo con ciruelas (2011). Mujer, Vida, Libertad (2023) es su último proyecto gráfico.

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