THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS HC

20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first time in hardcover, this stunning edition contains a new introduction by the author that examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics.\"A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form.\" —The New York TimesHere, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi\'s best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi\'s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private 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. It is the chronicle of a girlhood