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Book SynopsisContains stories about the lengths to which some women go to find a man, to keep a man, or just to keep up appearances. This book presents an introduction to the private lives of some interesting ordinary women. It also demonstrates how much women the ...
Trade ReviewThis is a book to provoke and entertain -- Peter Millar * The Times *
Satrapi's drawings are sparing and highly stylised; she is able to render nuances of expression with simple, bold strokes... The stories are wittily told and show a side of life in Iran that is unknown to outsiders -- Lydia Adetunji * Financial Times *
A daring and brilliantly calculated illumination of a secret space... Though
Embroideries is not a continuation of the
Persepolis story, it sits at the heart of the same world - a brutally policed society where an extraordinarily rich and inventive culture still prevails, if only behind closed doors, where women are wildly subversive, funny, free-thinking and sexy -- Maureen Freely * Guardian *
This is
Sex and the City, Middle-Eastern style - outrageous, explicit and funny -- Kelly Knox * Time Out *
