I loved both of the Persepolis graphic novels! They are amazing! Although, I did love the first novel more than the second. I think I was ready for a new character by the end of the second book. However, I did appreciate her transformation as a character throughout both books. The books are the memoirs of Marjane Satrapi, the author, who lived in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution. She brings the ideas of perceptions of a young girl watching a war transform her people and her life to a closer sense of reality for a sheltered woman like myself. Her story was originally published in French and has been translated to English. Another difference in the format of the book is that it was first published as four parts. Now, it is sold as two books. It is also a
Bildungsroman. That is an approach that an author uses to follow development of a character from childhood to maturity. Recommended for someone who is not adverse to reading a new format that still carries a story in a wonderful, quirky manner.
