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“It’s fear that makes us lose our conscience. It’s also what transforms us into cowards.”

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh)

August 27, 2015 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

This year as I began making my epic list of things to read for Cannonball I asked some of my friends what they would suggest. While having these conversations my coworker mentioned that she hadn’t read Persepolis yet, but kept meaning to, and had I. I had not, so on the list it went, since she’s the mom of two small kiddoes, I could certainly do a little market research for her reading intake. Good news for her and you is that I *really* liked […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Anjali Singh, banned book, banned books, Blake Ferris, challenged book, faintingviolet, Graphic Novel, Iran Revolution, Islam, Marjane Satrapi, Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh), Persepolis, works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:66 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Anjali Singh, banned book, banned books, Blake Ferris, challenged book, faintingviolet, Graphic Novel, Iran Revolution, Islam, Marjane Satrapi, Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh), Persepolis, works in translation ·
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