A
few years ago I happened to stumble upon a comic with a beautiful red cover and
a really intriguing title: Persepolis. So naturally when I first picked it up I
was expecting ancient Persian stories in the form of a comic. What I got
however was very different but not less interesting. The story follows a little
girl through the changes in the Iran thought the Iranian Revolution. To be
honest until this story I was unaware of the political state of the country as
I always thought it was a strictly religious country.
It’s
not only the historical part of the story that makes it interesting. The point
of view is that of a little girl and the comic is written taking that in great
consideration. The writer is actually the protagonist so this makes it even
more realistic. There is cruel realism in this comic and many personal sad
stories but what is also present, all the time, is the hope and the fantasy of
a child as well as the revolutionary nature of a teenager.
All
in all it is the growing up of an everyday girl in an not everyday environment.
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