![]() ![]() Like Spiegelman’s “Maus,” Satrapi’s book combines political history and memoir, portraying a country’s 20th-century upheavals through the story of one family. ![]() It’s no coincidence that one of the most provocative American takes on Sept. All over the world, ambitious artist-writers have been discovering that the cartoons on which they were raised make the perfect medium for exploring consciousness, the ideal shortcut - via irony and gallows humor - from introspection to the grand historical sweep. Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” is the latest and one of the most delectable examples of a booming postmodern genre: autobiography by comic book. PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi | Review first published May 11, 2003 ![]()
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