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| Original Title: | Broderies |
| ISBN: | 0375714677 (ISBN13: 9780375714672) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Marjane Satrapi |
| Literary Awards: | Urhunden Prize for Foreign Album (2007) |
Marjane Satrapi
Paperback | Pages: 144 pages Rating: 3.86 | 18610 Users | 1661 Reviews
Details Containing Books Embroideries
| Title | : | Embroideries |
| Author | : | Marjane Satrapi |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 144 pages |
| Published | : | April 18th 2006 by Pantheon (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Cultural. Iran. Feminism |
Description In Pursuance Of Books Embroideries
From the best–selling author of Persepolis comes this gloriously entertaining and enlightening look into the sex lives of Iranian women. Embroideries gathers together Marjane’s tough–talking grandmother, stoic mother, glamorous and eccentric aunt and their friends and neighbors for an afternoon of tea drinking and talking. Naturally, the subject turns to love, sex and the vagaries of men. As the afternoon progresses, these vibrant women share their secrets, their regrets and their often outrageous stories about, among other things, how to fake one’s virginity, how to escape an arranged marriage, how to enjoy the miracles of plastic surgery and how to delight in being a mistress. By turns revealing and hilarious, these are stories about the lengths to which some women will go to find a man, keep a man or, most important, keep up appearances. Full of surprises, this introduction to the private lives of some fascinating women, whose life stories and lovers will strike us as at once deeply familiar and profoundly different from our own, is sure to bring smiles of recognition to the faces of women everywhere—and to teach us all a thing or two.Rating Containing Books Embroideries
Ratings: 3.86 From 18610 Users | 1661 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Embroideries
The embroideries of the books title refer to the surgical restoration of ones vagina to a state similar to that of a virgin. Whether this includes hymen reconstruction or merely the tightening of an age-and-use-worn genitalia, Satrapis book never makes clear. In the end, it doesnt really matter, probably. What is equally unclear is the reason for naming her extended anecdote in this way. Really, I just dont know.Embroideries covers the ground of a single afternoons conversation between ten womenI loved this! So many stories from the women. If what it feels to have an arranged marriage, what's it like to marry for love or with a husband that was chosen for you. All their tales about sexual experiences and all they've gone through. It was quite a melee. I just love how some of the women were always powerful enough to decide for themselves, and others just went along for the ride as was expected. Everyone is so different that they each have a unique experience, and it all adds to who they
I am hugely disappointed with this one. It's so weird, sexist and gross that I got literally numb the moment I closed this book.I get the point that women gossip about a lot of things, every tiny details they know about or we think we know of. I get that grandmothers and women talk a lot of weird women stuff. That's not the point of me disliking this book so much. If this one is meant to be humorous and satirical, I get only two percent of it; I find the rest rather insulting, pointless and
A much more chatty account than Persepolis but one full of warmth, humour and a group of fascinating women sharing their wisdom. Through the eyes of a 21st century British feminist, the women's ideas of empowerment and control in relationships are a little tough to swallow, but there's something undeniably powerful in the way these stories are told to us: no mincing of words, just the truth, with all the sadness and humour contained within.
a complementary to Persepolis on the private lives of the women in Satrapi's family.It's a quick and light read and while that captured the mood of having tea with a bunch of women, it squandered a lot of potential as a follow-up. The stories were brutally honest and the narration outstandingly captured the attitudes towards gossip, however, Satrapi could have delved deeper into the cultural traditions around marriages, sex, and virginity within a historical context in the same manner as
MUST READ! This Is the first Graphic Novel I have ever read and I absolutely adore it. Firstly, I love that it's based in Iran, where I wouldn't expect women sitting and talking so freely about sex, marriage, losing virginities and divorces. I know I sound like I have stereotypes about women living in Iran, but to be frank, most of us do until we meet people from a particular place or visit it. And i don't know if I would ever be that lucky but the novel provides some realistic and hilarious
For anyone who's ever wondered what dating, marriage, and sex is like from the perspective of Iranian women. Satrapi uses her considerable skill to record the experiences of her inner circle. The illustrations are less panel-based than I remember in Persepolis. As I look at the cover and remember the contents, the keyword that comes to mind is "coy."Read with If You Could Be Mine and Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins.
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