MARJANE SATRAPI was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran, and currently lives in Paris. She has written several children’s books and her commentary and comics appear in newspapers and magazines around the world, including The New York Times and The New Yorker. She is also the author of the internationally best-selling and award-winning comic book autobiography in two parts, Persepolis and Persepolis 2.
“Tantalizing ... Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute
... A cheeky and knowing peek at the loves, sexual histories and
marital secrets of ... these beautiful and seductive women.”
—Elle
“Endearing ... A wicked read.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Humorous and bawdy ... An amusing portrayal of independent women
taking life in stride.”
—The Village Voice
“Embroideries is as funny, opinionated, controversial and
surprising as any good comic or conversation should be.”
—Time.com
“Subversive ... Satrapi’s book is a mocking rebuke to the cult of
chastity, and a statement about the way human passions find their
way around the most determined repression.”
—Salon
“By turns bawdy and heartbreaking ... Of all Satrapi’s books,
Embroideries most effectively tears down the divide between Iranian
and American culture, showing how women everywhere are
similar.”
—The Capital Times (Madison)
"Tantalizing ... Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute
... A cheeky and knowing peek at the loves, sexual histories and
marital secrets of ... these beautiful and seductive women."
-Elle
"Endearing ... A wicked read."
-Los Angeles Times
"Humorous and bawdy ... An amusing portrayal of independent women
taking life in stride."
-The Village Voice
"Embroideries is as funny, opinionated, controversial and
surprising as any good comic or conversation should be."
-Time.com
"Subversive ... Satrapi's book is a mocking rebuke to the cult of
chastity, and a statement about the way human passions find their
way around the most determined repression."
-Salon
"By turns bawdy and heartbreaking ... Of all Satrapi's books,
Embroideries most effectively tears down the divide between
Iranian and American culture, showing how women everywhere are
similar."
-The Capital Times (Madison)
This slight follow-up to Satrapi's acclaimed Persepolis books explores the lives of Iranian women young and old. The book begins with Satrapi arriving for afternoon tea at her grandmother's house. There, her mother, aunt and their group of friends tell stories about their lives as women, and, more specifically, the men they've lived with and through. One woman tells a story about advising a friend on how to fake her virginity, a scheme that goes comically wrong. Another tells of escaping her life as a teenage bride of an army general. Satrapi's mother tells an anecdote of the author as a child; still others spin yarns of their sometimes glamorous, sometimes difficult, lives in Iran. The tales themselves are entertaining, though the folksiness and common themes of regret and elation feel familiar. Satrapi's artwork does nothing to elevate her source material; her straightforward b&w drawings simply illustrate the stories, rather than elucidating or adding meaning to them. Characters are hard to distinguish from each other, and Satrapi's depictions of gestures and expressions are severely limited, hampering any attempt at emotional resonance. This work, while charming at times, feels like an afterthought compared to Satrapi's more distinguished work on Persepolis and its sequel. (Apr.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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