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I read the first two Sinbad (though spelled differently on the site) stories as well as "The Story of Jullanar of the Sea." 

I'm not sure if I see any immediate connections with Persepolis from the stories I read. The style of the translation is very different than that of the graphic novel. When reading the stories, I felt different from when I am reading a Western book. It felt almost like I was reading a script or a transcript. The stories stayed stories and didn't engross me into believing in the stories themselves. Instead, I felt like I was being told a story, like I was listening to the text. Perhaps it was just the selections I read. Either way, I was more drawn into living Persepolis than any of the selections I made.