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Marjane is a child growing under the Shah's dictatorship. Her parents are urban educated people but hope for a change. Marjane dreams of being the last of the prophets. With the revolts against the Shah, her uncle, a Communist aristocrat from Azerbaijan, is freed from prison and tells how he fought for the triumph of the proletariat even escaping to the Soviet Union. However he is captured again and executed under the Islamic Revolution. He dedicates his single prison visit to Marjane, making a deep impression on her. Marjane grows during the Revolution, wears a veil, Nike sneakers, and a "Punk Is Not Ded [sic]" jacket. She listens to "rebel" music like The Bee Gees. Her grandmother, a tender independent woman, is another of her influences. Later she evolves to Iron Maiden. The Iran-Iraq war starts and her parents are concerned about her safety. Since she had studied at the French Lycee of Tehran, she is sent to the French Lycee of Vienna. The Iranian teenager does not fit well in Austria, but ends making friends with nihilist high-class kids. She spends Christmas holidays alone while her friends travel to meet their boring families in Brazil or other places. An unsuccessful relationship destroys her character. She sleeps on the streets of Vienna. After being hospitalized with blood-coughing bronchitis, she asks her parents to return to Iran no-questions-asked. In Iran, she keeps depressed when seeing the situation of her family and former friends. At the end, she gets herself together (to the tune of "The Eye of the Tiger") and studies Fine Arts in the University of Tehran. Things like studying anatomy with veiled women or the party-interruption of Guards of the Revolution cause her to protest. She finally migrates to Paris leaving her family behind.

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