Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood,
by Marjane Satrapi
With Seymour
Hersh's recent uncovering of US plans for war with Iran still fresh in our
minds, now seems like the perfect time to read this graphic novel. Drawn in
stark black and white, and written with the simple, honest prose style of a
child, Persepolis tells the story of the author's girlhood in Tehran. The only
daughter of Communist intellectuals, Satrapi begins her tale at age nine, when
all girls are forced to wear a veil to school by the religious fundamentalists
who have taken over her government. Besides giving us a brief history of Iran,
this book also puts a very human face on those who would surely be the first
victims of any further aggression in that beleaguered nation - the children.
-Rick K.
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