Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

by Marjane Satrapi

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Series (with order)

Persepolis (99|Omnibus 1-4)

Persepolis (book 1)

Persepolis (1)

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ALA Alex Award (2004)

Angoulême Coup de Coeur Award (2001)

YALSA Best Books for Young Adults

ALA Best Books for Young Adults (2004)

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Epigraph

Dedication

To my parents

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This is me when I was 10 years old. This was in 1980.

Quotations

EXCEPT FOR MY GRANDMOTHER I WAS OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY ONE WHO BELIEVED IN MYSELF.

IT WAS FUNNY TO SEE HOW MUCH MARX AND GOD LOOKED LIKE EACH OTHER. THOUGH MARX'S HAIR WAS A BIT CURLIER.

TO EACH HIS OWN WAY OF CALMING DOWN.

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Disambiguation notice

Persepolis was originally published in 4 volumes. Some later editions, especially in the U.S., combined volumes 1-2 into one work Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood; volumes 3-4 were combined into Persepolis: The Story of a Return. Keep this in mind when combining/separating.

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