Persepolis

Satrapi was conceived on 1969 in Rasht and experienced youth in Tehran, where her father was an engineer and her mother a clothing designer. Her granddad was Nasser-al-Din Shah, Persian prince and ruler from the years 1848 to 1896. Her family were communalist shrewd individuals who savored the experience of the incredible life - they drove extravagant cars, drank alcohol, and had stewards, intensely westernized. They waged holy war against the Shah, and foreseen the Islamic agitation till it happened. In Persepolis she visits her dearest uncle in jail awaiting execution. As a child, Satrapi was astoundingly talkative and open minded. Her family always asked her to have her own opinion. There were no toys in the house, but a large number of books that kept her busy. Her family feared she would get into great hardship and trouble with the Revolutionary Guard. Not long after their neighbors were bombed, they sent 14-year-old Marjane away to Austria to study. It's not astonishing that Satrapi lost her way in Europe. She was under the care Zozo, her mother's best friend. Young Marjane discovered boys and alcohol. At her nadir she was selling drugs, down and out, and she almost died from bronchitis due to overdose. Following four years in Vienna, she surrendered defeat, put on her cover and returned home.

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