The Stationery Shop
Two teenagers fall in love in a Tehran stationery shop in 1953, are separated by the coup and a family deception, and meet again sixty years later.
2,024-word summary · 9 min read
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Seven women meet in secret in Tehran to read Lolita, Gatsby, and Austen while revolution presses in.
2,916-word summary · 13 min read
The Complete Persepolis
Satrapi's full black and white memoir in one volume, from revolution era Tehran through Vienna exile and back home again.
2,498-word summary · 11 min read
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi's black and white memoir of growing up in Tehran during revolution and war, from a bold ten year old to a fourteen year old sent alone to…
2,984-word summary · 13 min read