Persepolis Sarah Lammer Struggling with the idea of

Struggling with the idea of living alone and adjusting to the effects of her previous book’s success

By Catherine Ocelot

Best of the Year 2016

and minor crime sprees abound in this teen graphic novel debut about making connections while your world is falling apart

with its own symbols employed

Persepolis Sarah Lammer Struggling with the idea ofBy Marjane Satrapi. Published by Jonathan Cape. Softcover, 352 pages, B&W 2006 (originally published in French 2000 2003) 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. The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists,