Here are a few fun facts about Marjane Satrapi, the author of the best-selling graphic novel Persepolis.
Just because a book is critically acclaimed doesn’t mean you have to like it.
In preparation for the next Bushwick event, Original Music Inspired by Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, I read the Complete Persepolis. It left me wanting to know even about Marjane Satrapi’s life. Those of you who have read Persepolils know that it tackles some serious stuff. But does a softer, sillier side of Satrapi exist?
I took to the Internet to find out. Here are a few fun facts I discovered about Marjane Satrapi.
I have a confession; I really disliked The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I finished it, but it was a struggle. I know it’s a Pulitzer Prize winner and is critically acclaimed receiving positive reviews from everyone who matters. There have been other important and popular works that I couldn’t finish including Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, which I hated so much I haven’t been able to pick up any of his other work, and 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I fear that these two books will someday be a Bushwick Book Club Seattle selection and I’ll have to attempt to read them again.
My opinion on these well-known great novels says more about me and my lowbrow taste than it does about the novels themselves. It got me thinking.
Do other people secretly despise famous award winners?
I asked this very question to many Bushwick artists and volunteers and here is what they had to say.
5 Facts About Marjane Satrapi
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kerry GarvinHere are a few fun facts about Marjane Satrapi, the author of the best-selling graphic novel Persepolis.
Bushwick Asks: Which Critically Acclaimed Books Actually Stink?
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kerry GarvinJust because a book is critically acclaimed doesn’t mean you have to like it.