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Description edit
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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Marjane Satrapi: Protagonist and author. Girl fleeing religious Iran.
- Taji Satrapi: Majane's mother
- Ebi Satrapi: Marjane's father
- Zozo: Best friend of Marjane's mother.
- Lucia: Marjane's roommate in Austrian boarding school.
- Shirin: Zozo's daughter
- Houshang: Zozo's husband
- Julie: Sullen girl in school
- Momo: Punk obsessed with death
- Thierry: Swiss orphan
- Olivier: Swiss orphan
- Klaus: Lucia's boyfriend
- Mother Bridget: The mother superior
- Armelle: Julie's mother
- Ernst: Owner of Cafe Schelter, Julie's boyfriend
- Wolfy: Half naked man
- Marc: Boy Marjane told she was French
- Anna: Marc's sister
- Franz: Marjane's homosexual roommate at the Wohgemeinschaft:.
- Andreas: Marjane's homosexual roommate at the Wohgemeinschaft:.
- Martin: Marjane's homosexual roommate at the Wohgemeinschaft:.
- Markus: Marjane's homosexual roommate at the Wohgemeinschaft:.
- Klaus (roomate): Marjane's homosexual roommate at the Wohgemeinschaft:.
- Manfred: Marjane's homosexual roommate at the Wohgemeinschaft:.
- Jan: Marjane's homosexual roommate at the Wohgemeinschaft:.
- Deter: Marjane's homosexual roommate at the Wohgemeinschaft:.
- Frau Doctor Heller: Marjane's landlord
- Victor: Frau Doctor Heller's dog
- Enrique: Marjane's half-Austrian half-Spanish boyfriend
Quotes edit
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“That day, I learned something essential: we can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable... Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.”
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“Personally, I hate Saddam and I have no sympathy for the Kuwaitis, but I hate just as much the cynicism of the allies who call themselves "Liberators" while they're there for the oil.”
Setting & Locations edit
- Austria
- Iran
- Boarding House: In Austria, run by nuns.
- Tehran
- School
- The Tyrol
- Julie's House
- Wohgemeinschaft: Communal apartment in Austria
- Airport
- Cafe Hawelka
- Doctor Heller's House: Located at Hanse Niese Weg 1
First Sentence edit
November 1984.
Table of Contents edit
The Soup
Pasta
The Pill
The Horse
Hide and Seek
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marjane Satrapi (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0375422889
Page Count: 192
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0375422889
Page Count: 192
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 955.0542092
Subjects edit
- Books › Arts & Photography › History & Criticism › Regional › Middle Eastern
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › History › Middle East
- Books › Comics & Graphic Novels › Graphic Novels
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Ethnic & National
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Unit Lesson Plans on Persepolis -- BetterLesson.org: A slice of the history and culture of the Middle East as lived by the author of the graphic novel Persepolis, with a focus on multiple intelligence learning styles.
Movie Connections edit
- Persepolis (IMDb): 2007.
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