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Persepolis #3-4
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
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In Persepolis, heralded by the Los Angeles Times as "one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day," Marjane Satrapi dazzled us with her heartrending memoir-in-comic-strips about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Here is the continuation of her fascinating story. 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.
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.
187 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,2001
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187 pages, Paperback
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August 2, 2005 by Pantheon
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9780375714665
- ASIN
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0375714669
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English
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Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجان ساتراپی) is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novellist, illustrator, animated film director, and children's book author. Apart from her native tongue Persian, she speaks English, Swedish, German, French and Italian.
Satrapi grew up in Tehran in a family which was involved with communist and socialist movements in Iran prior to the Iranian Revolution. She attended the Lycée Français there and witnessed, as a child, the growing suppression of civil liberties and the everyday-life consequences of Iranian politics, including the fall of the Shah, the early regime of Ruhollah Khomeini, and the first years of the Iran-Iraq War. She experienced an Iraqi air raid and Scud missile attacks on Tehran. According to Persepolis, one Scud hit the house next to hers, killing her friend and entire family.
Satrapi's family are of distant Iranian Azeri ancestry and are descendants of Nasser al-Din Shah, Shah of Persia from 1848 until 1896. Satrapi said that "But you have to know the kings of the Qajar dynasty, they had hundreds of wives. They made thousands of kids. If you multiply these kids by generation you have, I don't know, 10-15,000 princes [and princesses]. There's nothing extremely special about that." She added that due to this detail, most Iranian families would be, in the words of Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian, "blue blooded."
In 1983, at the age of 14 Satrapi was sent to Vienna, Austria by her parents in order to flee the Iranian regime. There she attended the Lycée Français de Vienne. According to her autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, she stayed in Vienna through her high school years, staying in friends' homes, but spent three months living on the streets. After an almost deadly bout of pneumonia, she returned to Iran. She studied Visual Communication, eventually obtaining a Master's Degree from Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
During this time, Satrapi went to numerous illegal parties hosted by her friends, where she met a man named Reza, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War. She married him at the age of 21, but divorced roughly three years later. Satrapi then moved to Strasbourg, France.
Satrapi grew up in Tehran in a family which was involved with communist and socialist movements in Iran prior to the Iranian Revolution. She attended the Lycée Français there and witnessed, as a child, the growing suppression of civil liberties and the everyday-life consequences of Iranian politics, including the fall of the Shah, the early regime of Ruhollah Khomeini, and the first years of the Iran-Iraq War. She experienced an Iraqi air raid and Scud missile attacks on Tehran. According to Persepolis, one Scud hit the house next to hers, killing her friend and entire family.
Satrapi's family are of distant Iranian Azeri ancestry and are descendants of Nasser al-Din Shah, Shah of Persia from 1848 until 1896. Satrapi said that "But you have to know the kings of the Qajar dynasty, they had hundreds of wives. They made thousands of kids. If you multiply these kids by generation you have, I don't know, 10-15,000 princes [and princesses]. There's nothing extremely special about that." She added that due to this detail, most Iranian families would be, in the words of Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian, "blue blooded."
In 1983, at the age of 14 Satrapi was sent to Vienna, Austria by her parents in order to flee the Iranian regime. There she attended the Lycée Français de Vienne. According to her autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, she stayed in Vienna through her high school years, staying in friends' homes, but spent three months living on the streets. After an almost deadly bout of pneumonia, she returned to Iran. She studied Visual Communication, eventually obtaining a Master's Degree from Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
During this time, Satrapi went to numerous illegal parties hosted by her friends, where she met a man named Reza, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War. She married him at the age of 21, but divorced roughly three years later. Satrapi then moved to Strasbourg, France.
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I really enjoy Satrapi's style of narration. Her illustrations are likewise great.
I just wish I had the other volumes too.. sigh..
I just wish I had the other volumes too.. sigh..
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This one was really hard to get through because sympathizing with Marjane was nearly impossible. She had a once in a lifetime opportunity, yet found ways to complain about literally anything.
what better way to end the year than learning as much as you can about the world? (aka a non-fiction/memoir marathon)
❄ the anthropocene reviewed
❄ around the world in 80 books
❄ crying in h mart
❄ persepolis (1-2) / persepolis (3-4)
what better way to end the year than learning as much as you can about the world? (aka a non-fiction/memoir marathon)
❄ the anthropocene reviewed
❄ around the world in 80 books
❄ crying in h mart
❄ persepolis (1-2) / persepolis (3-4)
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best book
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This wasn't as good as the first volume but it was still super interesting to hear the rest of Marjane's story and learn more about the history of Iran
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Είδε και έπαθε να γλιτώσει από τους μουλάδες η μικρή Μαρτζ και έπεσε σε διαφορετικό δυνάστη, στις ορμόνες.. Εκεί τα καταφερε, αλλά με την ανθρώπινη μισαλλοδοξια, ούτε ο Θεός..
Σαν να μην έφταναν όλα τα δεινά του βίου λοιπον, να χεις ν' αντιμετωπισεις και τη θεσμοθετημενη παπαροδοξία, ως bonus track.
Ανάμεσα στις συμπληγάδες φονταμεταλιστων και δημοκρατων η Μαρτζ - μαζί και εκατομμύρια άλλοι. Όπως το λέει η μαμά της (σελ. 175) "είναι δύσκολο να διαλέξεις μεταξύ του φανατισμού του ενός και της περιφρόνησης του άλλου"..
Και εκεί τα κατάφερε όμως, διέσωσε την ανθρωπιά και το Πνεύμα της.
Ειλικρίνεια- πείσμα - ευαισθησία' τα συνθήματα της δικής της επανάστασης, η οποία δεν σταματά ν' αγωνίζεται - κι ας μη σώσει και επικρατήσει ποτέ..
Συγκινητικό και το δεύτερο μέρος. Το Περσεπολις, έκανε κι εμένα μέλος του κινήματος Μ. Μ. Μ. (Μη Μασάς Μαρτζ!). Μη μασάτε, Μαρτζ..
Stevie Wonder: Pastime Paradise - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b0S4SiL...
Σαν να μην έφταναν όλα τα δεινά του βίου λοιπον, να χεις ν' αντιμετωπισεις και τη θεσμοθετημενη παπαροδοξία, ως bonus track.
Ανάμεσα στις συμπληγάδες φονταμεταλιστων και δημοκρατων η Μαρτζ - μαζί και εκατομμύρια άλλοι. Όπως το λέει η μαμά της (σελ. 175) "είναι δύσκολο να διαλέξεις μεταξύ του φανατισμού του ενός και της περιφρόνησης του άλλου"..
Και εκεί τα κατάφερε όμως, διέσωσε την ανθρωπιά και το Πνεύμα της.
Ειλικρίνεια- πείσμα - ευαισθησία' τα συνθήματα της δικής της επανάστασης, η οποία δεν σταματά ν' αγωνίζεται - κι ας μη σώσει και επικρατήσει ποτέ..
Συγκινητικό και το δεύτερο μέρος. Το Περσεπολις, έκανε κι εμένα μέλος του κινήματος Μ. Μ. Μ. (Μη Μασάς Μαρτζ!). Μη μασάτε, Μαρτζ..
Stevie Wonder: Pastime Paradise - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b0S4SiL...
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انیمیشنشو بعد از کمیک دیدم. از لحاظ طراحی آدمها انیمیشن خیلی سر بود نسبت به کمیک، اما کمیک توی طراحی قابها خلاقیتهایی به خرج داده بود که توی انیمیشن از دست رفته بودن.
همین طور کمیک پر از داستانهای ریز ریز قشنگ از آدمهای مختلفه که انیمیشن خیلیهاشو حذف کرده بود تا یه خط داستانی واحد بسازه. به خاطر همین به نظرم دیدن انیمیشن کفایت نمیکنه و باید کمیک رو هم خوند.
هر چند از یک جهت انیمیشن اصلاح خوبی انجام داده بود. مرجان کمیک یه مقدار زودخشمه و فوری از دست همه عصبانی میشه. این باعث میشه جاهایی که خشمش واقعاً بهجا و مهمه، تأثیر احساسی لازم رو نداشته باشه. انیمیشن به درستی عصبانی شدنهای غیر ضروری مرجان رو حذف کرده و فقط مواردی رو نگه داشته که یه حس و معنایی به داستان تزریق میکنه.
همین طور کمیک پر از داستانهای ریز ریز قشنگ از آدمهای مختلفه که انیمیشن خیلیهاشو حذف کرده بود تا یه خط داستانی واحد بسازه. به خاطر همین به نظرم دیدن انیمیشن کفایت نمیکنه و باید کمیک رو هم خوند.
هر چند از یک جهت انیمیشن اصلاح خوبی انجام داده بود. مرجان کمیک یه مقدار زودخشمه و فوری از دست همه عصبانی میشه. این باعث میشه جاهایی که خشمش واقعاً بهجا و مهمه، تأثیر احساسی لازم رو نداشته باشه. انیمیشن به درستی عصبانی شدنهای غیر ضروری مرجان رو حذف کرده و فقط مواردی رو نگه داشته که یه حس و معنایی به داستان تزریق میکنه.
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i almost like this installment better than Persepolis, but i know that's because of how amazing the first book was.
this installment finds marji in austria, where she is shuttled from place to place, getting her french education, while her family and friends remain in tehran.
it's the story of a "third-worlder" in the west, and then an attempt to return home. it's almost more heartbreaking than the first book, because there is so much in here that is familiar while different, and so much that makes you realize how lucky you are. it's brilliantly written, again, and wonderfully illustrated, and it's a traditional coming of age story that is anything but traditional.
it's beautiful, from the snow scenes in vienna to her joy at seeing snow in tehran again. the way she is older, the way she tries to fit in, the disintegration of relationships - the author writes with a wisdom that can only come from years of reflection, and we are all the better for it. her insights into her behaviors and actions are so clear and true, even though they might not reflect greatly on her, are masterful. the story doesn't lag, it goes forward, and forward, and at the end, i desperately wanted the next installment to magically appear in my hands.
it's especially interesting to read this in light of where america stands on iran these days - and makes me think of theodor herzl calling people like me "amiable dreamers" but. books like this give me hope. it's truly a remarkable piece of work, unlike anything i have come across before.
this installment finds marji in austria, where she is shuttled from place to place, getting her french education, while her family and friends remain in tehran.
it's the story of a "third-worlder" in the west, and then an attempt to return home. it's almost more heartbreaking than the first book, because there is so much in here that is familiar while different, and so much that makes you realize how lucky you are. it's brilliantly written, again, and wonderfully illustrated, and it's a traditional coming of age story that is anything but traditional.
it's beautiful, from the snow scenes in vienna to her joy at seeing snow in tehran again. the way she is older, the way she tries to fit in, the disintegration of relationships - the author writes with a wisdom that can only come from years of reflection, and we are all the better for it. her insights into her behaviors and actions are so clear and true, even though they might not reflect greatly on her, are masterful. the story doesn't lag, it goes forward, and forward, and at the end, i desperately wanted the next installment to magically appear in my hands.
it's especially interesting to read this in light of where america stands on iran these days - and makes me think of theodor herzl calling people like me "amiable dreamers" but. books like this give me hope. it's truly a remarkable piece of work, unlike anything i have come across before.
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