Nylon Road: A Graphic Memoir Of Coming Of Age In Iran (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
So, I really appreciate Bashi's project here -- to tell her own pretty heavy story through meeting her former selves (young and idealistic, losing custody of her child, middle-aged and bitter, with all shifting politics that go along with it, etc). And her illustrative style was pretty good, and definitely emotional, too. But her narrative effort was not nearly intentional enough for me and left me feeling confused and all mixed up about what happened in her life and how she felt about it. Which, judging from her conclusion, she totally is. But that's the point of stories! To work that stuff out! If there had been a bit more narrative flow and something of a resolved feeling, it would definitely be an incredible story. As it was, it was pretty good. Bashi tells the story of her life by using the slightly schizophrenic plot device of being approached in the present by various "selves" from other points in time. It's ultimately more confusing than anything and gave me no real sense of who she is today. And as her life experiences are so like those of Marjane Satrapi's, yet somehow not as interesting, I wonder what Bashi thought she could add to the dialogue of growing up as a girl in Iran. I'm not trying to look down on her life or anything, of course her experiences are to her worth as much as my own life is to me & it's valid that she chose to write a book about them. I've just been there & I've done it already.
What do You think about Nylon Road: A Graphic Memoir Of Coming Of Age In Iran (2009)?
Definitely a different type of memoir. I enjoyed the method of how the story is told.
—lulu
Beautifully told, poignant, this is a powerful work about the necessity of freedom.
—Anurag
I finished reading the book, but I think the story is not finished.
—tobbsdan
Great words and images. Unconventional.
—BoosyAhmed
