TY  - BOOK
AU  - Satrapi,Marjane
TI  - Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return 
T2  - Persepolis
SN  - 9780375714665
U1  - GN SAT 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Pantheon
KW  - Satrapi, Marjane,
KW  - Women
KW  - Iran
KW  - Biography
KW  - Graphic novels
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1979
KW  - COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Sequel to: Persepolis
N2  - Finding that she misses her home more than she can stand, Marjane returns to Iran after graduation. Her difficult homecoming forces her to confront the changes both she and her country have undergone in her absence and her shame at what she perceives as her failure in Austria. Marjane allows her past to weigh heavily on her until she finds some like-minded friends, falls in love, and begins studying art at a university. However, the repression and state-sanctioned chauvinism eventually lead her to question whether she can have a future in Iran.

As funny and poignant as its predecessor, Persepolis 2 is another clear-eyed and searing condemnation of the human cost of fundamentalism. In its depiction of the struggles of growing up--here compounded by Marjane's status as an outsider both abroad and at home--it is raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating
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