Recs if you like Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return...
Two and Through
Duologies. Duologies! A list full of duologies. This has a collection of titles I'm interested in and some recommended to me. To save you the trouble, I made sure to put both books in a duology in this list. Enjoy! 💐
The Works of Marjane Satrapi
in honor of her recent passing
on not being home
in which characters (real and fictional) deal with being refugees, exiles, or immigrants, sometimes staying in exile and sometimes journeying back home
“if mastering the language is too hard, only be patient; the telegram imploring your return won’t need translation.”
The culturally dispossessed
About coming from a country that vastly changes every time you go back. The tension of living in a Western country after having your homeland destroyed by Western imperialism. Coming of age in the diaspora.
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