Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran, the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life, and the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit. This is the Spanish language edition. "Persepolis ha trancendido el reducido mundo del comic para convertirse en un fenomeno literario." -ABC