Graphic Biography
Persepolis, the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, tells the story of a young girl's childhood in Iran--first under the Shah and after his removal in 1979--an even more extreme religious regime. It is the story of a very independently- minded family coping with war and oppression as seen through the eyes of a very intelligent little girl.
The animated, award-winning film version (nominated for an Oscar and winner of the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize) of Persepolis currently playing in theaters captures the spirit of the novel--the coming of age of a young woman--"magnificently".