Persepolis - The Story of a Childhood

Informationen zum Autor Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran. She now lives in Paris where she is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers throughout the world, including the New Yorker and the New York Times . She is the author of several children's books, as well as the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling memoir Persepolis , which has been translated into twelve languages, and was awarded the first Fernando Bueso Blanco Peace Prize in Spain. Her other books include Embroideries and Chicken With Plums . Klappentext Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran. She grew up in Tehran, where she studied at the French school, before leaving for Vienna and then Strasbourg to study illustration. She has written several children's books and her commentary and illustrations appear in newspapers and magazines around the world, including the New Yorker and the New York Times . She is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning comic book autobiography in two parts, Persepolis and Persepolis 2 . She currently lives in Paris. Zusammenfassung Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marjane Satrapi, Satrapi Marjane
• Editore: JONATHAN CAPE
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.05.2003
• EAN: 9780224064408
• ISBN: 978-0-224-06440-8
• Pagine: 160
• Dimensioni: 162 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Iran, Autobiography: general, Memoirs, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Tehran, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1980 to c 1989, Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-Fiction, iraq war books