MARJANE SATRAPI was born in Rasht, Iran.She now lives in Paris, where she is a regular contributorto magazines and newspapers throughoutthe world, including The New Yorker and The New York Times. She is the author of Persepolis, Persepolis2, Embroideries, Chicken with Plums, and several children’s books. She cowrote and codirected theanimated feature film version of Persepolis, whichwas nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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From the best-selling author of Persepolis comes a gloriously entertaining and enlightening look into the sex lives of Iranian women. “Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute.” —ElleEmbroideries gathers together Marjane’s tough-talking grandmother, stoic mother, glamorous and eccentric aunt and their friends and neighbors for an afternoon of tea drinking and talking. Naturally, the subject turns…
The bestselling author of Persepolis brings her signature humor and insight to the heartrending story of a celebrated Iranian musician who gives up his life for music and love. “A feast you’ll devour.” —NewsweekWhen Nasser Ali Khan, the author’s great-uncle, discovers that his beloved instrument is irreparably damaged, he takes to his bed, renouncing the…
Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution has for twenty years been a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most popular and widely known graphic novels of all time. “A stunning graphic memoir…a wholly original achievement in…
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 “A stunning graphic…
Winner, ALA ALEX Award An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic storytelling about the present Iranian revolution, using comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran. Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, returns to graphic art with this collaboration of over 20 activists, artists, journalists, and academics working…
