Book description
From the bestselling author of
Persepolis
comes this humorous and enlightening look at the sex lives of Iranian
women. Embroideries
gathers together Marjane'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... 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. She has written several children's books and her
commentary and illustrations appear in newspapers and magazines around
the world, including the New Yorker
and the New York Times
. She is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning
graphic novel autobiography in two parts, Persepolis
and Persepolis 2,
also a major international motion picture. She currently lives in Paris.
