Day #39 of the 50 Day Book Meme

[shadowkat]

The prompt is name a graphic novel.

Persepolis- the story of a childhood by Marjane Satrapi .

It's a semi-autobiographical coming of age tale about the author's childhood in Iran and subsequent flee to the West.

Movie adaptation can be found below:

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[rose_griffes]

I've never looked at the graphic novel, but the film is fantastic.

[shadowkat]

They are different - in that there's more biting commentary in the graphic novel. But the film is better from an artistic perspective.