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cyindigo posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago hey, i just finished Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, graphic novel, 340 pages.(@internrachel, @julia1)
I feel like it’s probably the most worthwhile graphic novel i’ve ever read. i can say for certain that i wouldn’t have been able to get the same sense of the environment from prose alone.
has anyone else read it? i’d love to talk about it
Hi! It’s actually the only graphic novel I’ve read, a friend who is a big comic book/graphic novel fan got it for my birthday after hearing I liked the film. But yes, I liked it very much, thought I felt I enjoyed the first half more than the second (perhaps influenced by the film?) – but tell me what you think!
i’ve only read a couple other graphic novels, my ex was into them. I read Ariel Schrag’s series and Drinking at the movies by Julia Wertz (i recommend that one, not gay at all but great). But this has been by far my favorite. I love literature that is connected to history, it seems more real. I liked that she acknowledged thinking about all the typical kid/teenage/young adult things that we go through in life. it made me feel better about my own occasional angsting.
and while i knew some broad facts of the islamic revolution era, it made it seem more real to me, and also made all the current Arab Spring turmoil feel more in context for me.
I read Persepolis just a couple months ago! My girlfriend is Persian, and she highly recommended it. I want to watch the animated film version, too, but I haven’t seen it yet.