![]() ![]() “And the huge difference with my time is the boys were not with us. “I could never have imagined it would be in the context of the incredible scenes we’re seeing in Iran today,” she said in an interview with The Guardian. 'Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood' by Marjane Satrapi. The author said she made the decision to sell the pages, which she described as “the monster in my cupboard”, six months ago when she could not have foreseen the protests sweeping across the country. ![]() Satrapi’s novel, which tells the story of a young Iranian girl’s childhood during and after the revolution, received global acclaim and was turned into an Oscar-nominated film of the same name in 2007. ![]() The 44 black-and-white illustrated pages are estimated to sell for $4,500 to $6,700 each at the online auction orchestrated by Sotheby's London on Tuesday. Iranian author Marjane Satrapi will auction off the original artwork from her acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis, which depicts life growing up in Iran following the 1979 revolution. ![]()
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