{"product_id":"embroideries","title":"Embroideries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFrom the best–selling author of Persepolis comes this gloriously entertaining and enlightening look into the sex lives of Iranian women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmbroideries 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"Tantalizing ... Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute ... A cheeky and knowing peek at the loves, sexual histories and marital secrets of ... these beautiful and seductive women.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eElle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"Endearing ... A wicked read.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"Humorous and bawdy ... An amusing portrayal of independent women taking life in stride.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEmbroideries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is as funny, opinionated, controversial and surprising as any good comic or conversation should be.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Time.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Subversive ... Satrapi's book is a mocking rebuke to the cult of chastity, and a statement about the way human passions find their way around the most determined repression.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSalon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"By turns bawdy and heartbreaking ... Of all Satrapi's books, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEmbroideries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e most effectively tears down the divide between Iranian and American culture, showing how women everywhere are similar.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Capital Times\u003c\/span\u003e (Madison)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eSatrapi'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 \u003cstrong\u003e-- Lydia Adetunji ― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e Published\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA daring and brilliantly calculated illumination of a secret space... Though \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEmbroideries\u003c\/span\u003e is not a continuation of the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePersepolis \u003c\/span\u003estory, 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 \u003cstrong\u003e-- Maureen Freely ― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/span\u003e, Middle-Eastern style - outrageous, explicit and funny \u003cstrong\u003e-- Kelly Knox ― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTime Out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Marjane Satrapi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45248455966920,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/embroideries_satrapi.jpg?v=1793800535","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/embroideries","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}