Marjane Satrapi
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2005], c2003-2004
Physical Desc
2 v. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contraditions between public and private life.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"Persepolis is the story of Marjane Satrapi's childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland."--From...
3) Persepolis
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
84 p. : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
The author relates the story of her great-uncle, Nasser Ali Khan, one of Iran's most acclaimed musicians, who discovers that his beloved instrument has been irrevocably damaged and renounces the world, its pleasures, and life itself.
6) The voices
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Formats
Description
After his office crush stands him up for a date, Jerry, who has stopped taking his anti-psychotic medication and takes guidance from his talking cat and dog, must decide to either strive to be normal or go down a much more sinister path.
8) Persepolis
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study....