Dove ero io quando dovevo conoscere la Satrapi?

Io la amo già, sto aspettando trepidante che "Persepolis" arrivi a casa!

Una trama che può sembrare a prima vista banale e 'già vista', ma che permette al lettore occidentale di conoscere la situazione delle donne in Iran: il matrimonio, il sesso e cosa voglia dire nascere donna in questo paese..
Divertente, toccante e illuminante!

Marjane sei la mia nuova eroina!!

"To speak behind others' backs is to ventilate the soul."

Rozmowy o obyczajach kobiet w Iranie podczas wspólnego rodzinnego picia herbatki. Bardzo przyjemne, zwłaszcza jako uzupełnienie „Persepolis”, ale jak dla mnie nie osiąga tak wysokiego poziomu. Polubiłem twórczość Satrapi i dla innych miłośników to zapewne lektura obowiązkowa, dla mnie wyłącznie fajna, ale jednak tylko ciekawostka.

I was expecting a lot more from this book. It was an interesting read about the conversations of a series of Iranian women of different ages covering topics like arranged marriages, cheating husbands, and faking your virginity. But it all sounded too superficial, in a "women against men" way. I missed a few stories where dissimulation and cheating were not the norm, as I am sure there must be at least some. As it is, the book just turned out a caricature, funny at times, but mostly bitter and sad. And now that I think about it, maybe this was exactly what the author had in mind?

Afters with the girls is the best thing ever

Bordados se refiere a los estrechamientos vaginales que se hacen las mujeres en Irán, (y en otros lugares) cuando ya no son vírgenes para que los hombres tengan más placer. De esos "bordados" y de la visión que las mujeres tienen de las relaciones sexuales y amorosas se reúnen a hablar las mujeres en este tebeo: la abuela de Satrapi, sus amigas, su madre y ella misma. Cada una de ellas tiene una historia de amor o de horror o de las dos cosas a la vez. Es un tebeo divertido, tierno y con el que cualquier mujer, de cualquier país, se puede identificar en el tono, la complicidad al hablar con otras mujeres, la confianza, las historias y los secretos. Al leerlo se me ocurrió que es un tebeo con el que Almodovar podría hacer una gran película, lo veo.

4.5 ⭐️
“Bordados é o espelho do conflito entre a tradição, que impõe a jovens raparigas um casamento com propósitos funcionais (alianças, fortuna ou posição social), e o desejo de romper com as convenções sociais, para viver uma união romântica, mais próxima dos costumes ocidentais. A autora retrata mulheres presas em armadilhas, quer dos costumes que herdaram e que seguem de forma inconsciente, quer de idealizações irrealistas de vidas mais plenas e felizes.”

Uma leitura que me divertiu imenso!
Um retrato diferente sobre o pensamento das mulheres iranianas face à sua condição social.
Recomendo!

4.5 stars

I had a wonderful time reading this. Incredibly satirical, thought-provoking and heartbreaking at times. Another success for Satrapi!

This is a short, amusing read, though not at all on par with the impactful Persepolis books by the same author. That being said, it's an easy read and gives a glimpse of Iranian culture among women.

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ساتراپی میگه همه ما داستان خودمون رو داریم اما این که چه طور روایتشون کنیم مهمه

داستان انتخابی ساتراپی تو این اثر هم به اندازه روایت مجموعه پرسپولیس برای
ما اشناست هرچند از لحاظ اهمیت موضوعی می تونه تو سطح پایین تری قرار بگیره

بعد از یک مهمونی ناهار، زنان خانواده تو اتاقی جدا دور از مردانشون دور هم
جمع میشن به صرف چای و البته غیبت
!!!

هر کدوم از زنان این جمع با سن و سلیقه های متفاوت به عنوان نماینده یک سبک فکری و لایف استایل از نظراتشون راجع به عشق ، سکس ، ازدواج ، پیش داوری ها و تعصبات بیجا ، راز ها و غصه ها و پشیمونی هاشون میگن که در مجموع فضای طنز ولی آشنایی رو ایجاد میکنه.

If you've read her graphic memoir you would already know that Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran. She grew up in Tehran, where she studied at the French school, before leaving for Vienna and then Strasbourg to study illustration. Persepolis provided insights into the social and political life in Iran during the Mohammad-Reza Shah regime and the subsequent Iranian revolution. Embroideries, however, couldn't be a more different take on illustrating her own experiences. Satrapi decided to only focus on the closed personal world of Iranian women.

Embroideries is a humorous and enlightening look at the sex lives of Iranian women. It gathers together Satrapi's tough-talking grandmother, stoic mother, glamorous and eccentric aunt and their friends and neighbours for an afternoon of tea-drinking and talk. Naturally, the subject turns to loves, sex and vagaries of men.

I was pleasantly surprised by how sex positive the comic was. It was good to see how freely all of these women talked about their sex lives and that guilt and shame weren't part of the equation. I had to laugh out loud numerous times at how unabashed and real some of the dialogue was. It was quite easy to relate to these women and their way of talking - gossip, after all, is the same all around the world.

Nonetheless, the comic lacked in depth and wasn't as well put together as Persepolis. In addition, I didn't like the illustrations this time around since they were printed in a larger format, which didn't suit them as well as the smaller format in Persepolis. Furthermore, the comic displays homophobic statements which are not called out. That totally rubbed me the wrong way and left a bitter taste in my mouth.

I read Embroideries at my local bookshop and am glad to leave it at that. I decided against buying it for myself since I don't think it's worth the money. Sure, it grants an interesting insight into Iranian culture (with a much needed focus on Iranian women) but, all in all, the comic is too short and superficial to have really satisfied me.

Que leitura tão boa!
"Broderies", termo francês que dá o nome ao livro, além de bordados significa igualmente uma conversa descontraída entre mulheres, mas também uma cirurgia reconstrutiva do hímen de modo a simular a virgindade. Neste livrinho belissimamente escrito e ilustrado pela franco-iraniana Marjane Satrapi, esta conta-nos as tardes de conversa entre ela e as mulheres da família, conversa esta transversal aos vários sinónimos do título. É um livro delicioso! Adorei!

عشر نساء إيرانيات يجتمعن ليحكين عن علاقاتهن العاطفية والزوجية.
تتشابه القصص في المجتمعات المكبوتة المنافقة.
في البداية لفت نظري العنوان وتوقعت قصص بجمال ودقّة ورقّة التطريز لأكتشف لاحقا أنهن يقصدن معنى مختلفا تماما.