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From the best–selling author of Persepolis comes a 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.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2003
Literary awards
urhunden prize, 
Places
iran, 

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Format
144 pages, Paperback
Published
April 18, 2006 by Pantheon
ISBN
9780375714672
ASIN
0375714677
Language
English
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Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجان ساتراپی) is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novellist, illustrator, animated film director, and children's book author. Apart from her native tongue Persian, she speaks English, Swedish, German, French and Italian.

Satrapi grew up in Tehran in a family which was involved with communist and socialist movements in Iran prior to the Iranian Revolution. She attended the Lycée Français there and witnessed, as a child, the growing suppression of civil liberties and the everyday-life consequences of Iranian politics, including the fall of the Shah, the early regime of Ruhollah Khomeini, and the first years of the Iran-Iraq War. She experienced an Iraqi air raid and Scud missile attacks on Tehran. According to Persepolis, one Scud hit the house next to hers, killing her friend and entire family.

Satrapi's family are of distant Iranian Azeri ancestry and are descendants of Nasser al-Din Shah, Shah of Persia from 1848 until 1896. Satrapi said that "But you have to know the kings of the Qajar dynasty, they had hundreds of wives. They made thousands of kids. If you multiply these kids by generation you have, I don't know, 10-15,000 princes [and princesses]. There's nothing extremely special about that." She added that due to this detail, most Iranian families would be, in the words of Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian, "blue blooded."

In 1983, at the age of 14 Satrapi was sent to Vienna, Austria by her parents in order to flee the Iranian regime. There she attended the Lycée Français de Vienne. According to her autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, she stayed in Vienna through her high school years, staying in friends' homes, but spent three months living on the streets. After an almost deadly bout of pneumonia, she returned to Iran. She studied Visual Communication, eventually obtaining a Master's Degree from Islamic Azad University in Tehran.

During this time, Satrapi went to numerous illegal parties hosted by her friends, where she met a man named Reza, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War. She married him at the age of 21, but divorced roughly three years later. Satrapi then moved to Strasbourg, France.

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AudioTuned
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April 26,2025
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Ai että, mikä herkku! Satrapi on kerännyt iranilaisten naisten tarinoita ja kuvittanut ne ilmeikkäästi sarjakuvateokseensa Pistoja. Kapinallisia, surullisia, kekseliäitä ja ironisia tarinoita lukiessa on tietysti mielessä Iranin naisten tämänhetkinen tilanne ja heidän vapaustaistelunsa.

Naisilla on konstinsa ja hiljainen tietonsa. Makuuhuoneeseen sijoittuvia tarinoita puhutaan vain naisten kesken. Käytännön ohjeet ja neuvot tulevat suureen tarpeeseen, koska tietoa ei löydy oppikirjoista eikä julkisuudesta. Satrapin huumori on mustaa, kuten kuvatkin, mutta pakko on nauraa naisten kanssa.
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3i1
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April 26,2025
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Uma leitura divertida. São várias mulheres com uma conversa bem ''café da tarde'', falando de histórias que aconteceram com elas ou com amigas próximas, focando na vida amorosa/sexual de mulheres no Irã. Pode parecer um assunto meio pesado mas foi tratado com muita leveza na hq. Segunda hq da marjana satrapi que leio (a primeira foi persepolis) e sempre me dá uma sensação de MEU DEUS a gente realmente nao sabe nada do que rola lá no oriente medio msm!!
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Savagexx7
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April 26,2025
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I didn't expect this.The story was completely aimless, offensive and Try to show body and gender shaming. Don't ever try to read this never.
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trainerlyra
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April 26,2025
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Yes to women gossip and yes to Iranian women having their voices heard.
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April 26,2025
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"To speak behind other's backs is the ventilator of the heart."
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Το όλο comics/graphic novel συνοψίζεται σε αυτή τη φράση. Τα κουτσομπολιά και οι πικάντικες συζητήσεις που κάνουν οι γυναίκες με το χιούμορ και την -ας την πούμε- ωμότητα του Περσέπολις!
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April 26,2025
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Entretenida pero para leerla sin muchas expectativas. En esta ocasión, la autora, Marji, nos relata en forma de cómic las conversaciones que ella y otras mujeres de su círculo mantenían en torno a los hombres, el sexo y la vida matrimonial.

En comparación con la anterior obra que he leí de esta misma escritora, me ha parecido que peca todavía más que la otra de esa tendencia a centrar las anécdotas y sucesos en familias de clase alta iraní. Es decir, no son conversaciones que identificaríamos con mujeres comunes de países musulmanes.

Los personajes son divertidos y las historias te hacen pasar un rato agradable. La recomiendo, pero no es para nada un cómic que destaque especialmente.


NOTA: 6.5/10
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todiefor
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April 26,2025
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Creo que Satrapi no necesita presentación. 'Persépolis' es una de las lecturas tops para iniciarse a los cómics, para regalar y recomendar. Junto a 'Maus', es una apuesta segura y un imprescindible en cualquier biblioteca.

'Bordados' cuenta una historia menor y más breve. Nos presenta a un grupo de mujeres que se reúnen para el samovar, y cómo pasan la tarde entre confesiones sinceras y atrevidas que escandalizarían a los hombres. Las mujeres desvelarán intimidades y secretos gracias a los cuales seremos testigos de la lucha de la mujer iraní por su independencia. 

Me ha encantado. Las conversaciones entre estas mujeres son dos divertidas, emotivas y a veces hasta disparatadas teniendo en cuenta la seriedad de los hechos que nos están contando. No hay que olvidar que son mujeres iraníes que no han tenido una vida sencilla. Y que 'Bordado' no solo es un adorno sino que también significa la reconstrucción quirúrgica del himen. 

Me había olvidado de lo bien que se le da a Satrapi meterte en la vida de estas mujeres a través de diálogos y pensamientos íntimos que desbordan vida, que son como un grito de libertad.

Muy recomendado.
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