Persepolis Kerangal İnci Atrek’s Holiday Country is

İnci Atrek’s Holiday Country is a rapturous meditation about what it means to experience being of two worlds

These dazzling stories from the internationally acclaimed author of Bad Girls erase the fine line between fantasy and reality

Quill now sees she’s been running ever since

without a home

on a shabby street

Persepolis Kerangal İnci Atrek’s Holiday Country isIn 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 Shahs regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great granddaughter of one of Irans last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of