The Complete Persepolis

Im Jahr 1979 fegt die Iranische Revolution unter Ayatollah Chomeini den Schah von Persien vom Thron. Marjane ist zehn Jahre alt und das einzige Kind einer linksintellek­tuellen Familie aus dem Teheraner Bürgertum, die hofft, dass nun bessere Zeiten anbrechen. Bald jedoch wachen Revolutionswächter über den Kopftuchzwang, und der Iran­-Irak­-Krieg bricht aus. Marjane lässt sich nicht unter­kriegen und rebelliert mit Kim-­Wilde-­Kassetten und Nike-­Turnschuhen. Zu ihrer eigenen Sicherheit wird sie von den Eltern als 14­Jährige allein nach Österreich geschickt. Doch mit der westlichen Lebensart kommt sie nicht zurecht und kehrt nach vier Jahren wieder in den Iran zurück.

In «Huhn mit Pflaumen» erzählt Marjane Satrapi die letzten acht Tage im Leben ihres Grossonkels Nasser Ali Khan wie ein iranisches Märchen. Teheran 1958. Nasser Ali Khan, ein sagenhafter Tar-Spieler (Tar = traditionelle Laute aus dem Iran), will sterben, weil seine Frau im Streit sein unersetzliches Instrument zerbrochen hat. Er beschliesst, sich hinzulegen und auf den Tod zu warten. Nicht einmal seine Lieblingsspeise Huhn mit Pflaumen kann ihn davon abhalten ...

20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first time in hardcover, this stunning edition examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics today. • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR<BR><BR>"A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form." —The New York Times<BR><BR>“Persepolis stands in defiant resistance alongside other classics of its kind, from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’ and Memoirs of a Revolutionist. Twenty years on, it remains urgent, necessary reading.”—Kirkus Reviews<BR><BR>For the first time in hardcover,a stunning twentieth-anniversary complete edition of the beloved graphic memoir, with a new introduction by the author that examines the Iranian political<BR>landscape in the context of global politics<BR><BR>Here in one volume: Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir in-comic-strips. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna, facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming—both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.<BR><BR>Edgy, searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking but threaded throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom, Persepolis is “a dazzling singular achievement” (Salon) from one of the most highly regarded, uniquely talented graphic artists at work today.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.<BR><BR>“A wholly original achievement.... Satrapi evokes herself and her schoolmates coming of age in a world of protests and disappearances.... A stark, shocking impact.” —The New York Times: "The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years"<BR><BR>One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century<BR><BR>In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the coming-of-age story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran’s last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.<BR><BR>Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane’s child’s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.