Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Persepolis · Book 2Description
In this powerful continuation of her acclaimed graphic memoir, Marjane Satrapi chronicles her adolescent years navigating exile and return, fleeing Iran's Islamic Revolution to Vienna only to discover that belonging remains elusive in both worlds. As she struggles through the isolation of teenage life abroad, Marjane eventually returns home to confront a transformed country and her own complicated relationship with her homeland, finding solace in art, love, and kindred spirits. With the same unflinching honesty and dark humor that defined the original Persepolis, Satrapi delivers a raw and illuminating portrait of growing up caught between cultures, exploring the personal toll of political repression and the universal search for identity. Her graphic storytelling captures both the mundane trials of adolescence and the profound weight of living under fundamentalist rule, creating a searing indictment of how ideology shapes individual lives. Persepolis 2 stands as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the complicated process of finding one's place in a world that often refuses to accommodate outsiders.
Available Editions
paperback
Pantheon
Published Aug 2, 2005
194 pages
ISBN: 9780375714665
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Details
First Published
2001
Language
eng
Translation
Original: Persépolis 2: Le Retour
From: fra
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