Persepolis

Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel by Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi, originally published in French in four volumes between 2000 and 2003 and later collected in English translation, depicting Satrapi's childhood and early adulthood in Iran during and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and her subsequent years as a student in Vienna. Told in stark black-and-white illustrations, the work combines a child's-eye perspective on political upheaval, war and religious authority with an intimate account of Satrapi's family life and her own developing identity. Persepolis is widely regarded as a watershed work in the history of the graphic novel, credited with demonstrating the medium's capacity to convey serious political and historical material and with broadening Western audiences' understanding of everyday life in Iran, and it has sold several million copies worldwide since publication.