February 2026

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (2003/2004)

Nonfiction, 187 pages

After she’s sent away by her family to live in Vienna at the outset of the Iraq-Iran War of the 1980s, Marjane Satrapi struggles to fit in and make friends as an immigrant in a strange, foreign land. She ultimately returns to Iran after the war to see what has become of her family and her homeland.

Meeting details

8 February, 2026 @ 11 a.m.

Mimi’s Bakehouse in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh