Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
I recently finished Persepolis 2 (the story of a return) by Marjane Satrapi. I havn’t had the chance to read the 1st Persepolis yet, but I really enjoyed reading the second book in this collection of memoirs. It is told in the form of Graphic Novel…. aka. comic book style… It is the story of Marjane as a Iranian teenager in Vienna fleeing her Iranian homeland’s war with Iraq. She basically starts hanging out with a group of outsiders and pretends to smoke a lot of pot. After high school she returns to Iran to go to an art college and falls in love with a Iranian soldier who she ends up marrying. Soon after she marries this man she realizes that she could never enjoy the life of a progressive Iranian wife.
Part of me enjoyed this book… Part of me really wanted to smack some sense into the author. But either way, i enjoyed the book.
