<p>An Intelligent And Outspoken Only Child, Satrapi&#8211;the Daughter Of Radical Marxists And The Great-granddaughter Of Iran&#8217;s Last Emperor&#8211;bears Witness To A Childhood Uniquely Entwined With The History Of Her Country. Originally Published To Wide Critical Acclaim In France, Where It Elicited Comparisons To Art Spiegelman&#8217;s Maus, Persepolis Is Marjane Satrapi&#8217;s Wise, Funny, And Heartbreaking Memoir Of Growing Up In Iran During The Islamic Revolution. In Powerful Black-and-white Comic Strip Images, Satrapi Tells The Story Of Her Life In Tehran From Ages Six To Fourteen, Years That Saw The Overthrow Of The Shah&#8217;s Regime, The Triumph Of The Islamic Revolution, And The Devastating Effects Of War With Iraq. The Intelligent And Outspoken Only Child Of Committed Marxists And The Great-granddaughter Of One Of Iran&#8217;s Last Emperors, Marjane Bears Witness To A Childhood Uniquely Entwined With The History Of Her Country. Persepolis Paints An Unforgettable Portrait Of Daily Life In Iran: Of The Bewildering Contradictions Between Home Life And Public Life And Of The Enormous Toll Repressive Regimes Exact On The Individual Spirit.</p>