My friend adores the book Persepolis and rereads it every winter. The other day she was saying that she’d like to read more graphic novels along that line and I thought it would be a great idea to get her one as a Christmas present.
From what I can tell, the aspects she likes about Persepolis are:
• That the art style is beautiful but not too “busy”
• That is set in “real life” i.e. that it is not a fantasy or sci fi book
• That is is focused on a non-Anglophonic culture
• That it autobiographical
Any graphic novels that hit some or all of these points?
by TinyButMighty2
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they called us enemy by georege takei!!
We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories by Emei Burell
Ducks by Kate Beaton – autobiographical, real life, simple art style, but set in northern Canada.
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet
The Arab of the Future bt Riad Sattouf
A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached
Zahra’s Paradise by Amir & Khalil
Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden
Escape from Syria by Samya Kullab and Jackie Roche
This may be obvious but just in case: do you/does your friend know Marjane Satrapi’s other graphic novels, especially *Embroideries*? The author’s mother and grandmother (no doubt a favourite among fans of *Persepolis*) play an important role in it.
Maus