本书根据当事人的口述．以及大量档案、会议纪录和口述史料，真实地再现了俞平伯、沈从文、丁玲、老舍，赵树理、郭小川、汪曾祺、浩然等作家在一九四九年后的遭际和故事，以及他们的心路历程，让读者了解到那些尘封的如烟往事。 作者以一种极大的善意敬意写这些离我们不远的作家们，不溢美也不隐恶，不粉饰也不歪曲。于是，读者就可以从本书中发现许多生动鲜活的、却也是强大而可畏的真实，进而可以揣想，有哪些真实可能是被有意无意地删略了?

Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus , Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life and of the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit. Marjane’s child's-eye-view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a stunning reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, through laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.