foray
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I have just finished reading Persepolis, a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. If you haven't read this and especially enjoy graphic novels, I highly recommend this one. (I agree with the comparisons with Maus, however I find Persepolis has light-hearted and enchanting moments, for we see war thru a little girl's eyes). It's a hysterically funny and devastatingly human memoir of Satrapi's life in Iran as a girl. Especially now that Iran is currently in the press, possibly targeted by the Bush admin, it was a good thing to read about the lives of ordinary Iranians during the reign of the Shah. The fear expressed in this memoir is palpable; I liken it to watching the film Imagining Argentina. However, the girl in Persepolis is so full of imagination and chutzpah that you cannot help but forget about the war with her when she is playing with her friends... and you cannot help smiling at her irrepressible idealism.
Personally, it made me nostalgic for my own childhood, growing up in a mostly Muslim country thinking that racial discrimination doesn't exist until reality kicks in later on. (In Persepolis, Marjane and her friends were educated in secular schools before the mullahs took over). Also, having to bear with totally absurd government interventions as a result of narrow interpretations of Islam.
The sequel - Persepolis 2 - is out in stores now.
foray
Personally, it made me nostalgic for my own childhood, growing up in a mostly Muslim country thinking that racial discrimination doesn't exist until reality kicks in later on. (In Persepolis, Marjane and her friends were educated in secular schools before the mullahs took over). Also, having to bear with totally absurd government interventions as a result of narrow interpretations of Islam.
The sequel - Persepolis 2 - is out in stores now.
foray
I will check it out 
... which publishing house is distribuiting it??
