EmbroideriesBy Marjane Satrapi
2005
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"To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart" - so goes Embroiders - several generations of Iranian women sharing their personal experiences about love, marriage and sex. With a light breezy tone that plunges into a world of arranged marriages, secret affairs and the embroiders in the title (it's not what you think) - this is a delightful comic that captures the mood of your favourite granny telling you dirty secrets. A short, funny, illuminating peek into the private thoughts of feisty, opinionated women who have go through some pretty terrible stuff - but still manage to have the last laugh. Or like the Time Out review says: "Sex and the City, Middle-Eastern style."
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Further reading: Chicken with Plums, Persepolis, The Rabbi's Cat, Why I Hate Saturn, Kiki De Montparnasse.
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