Embroideries

Author: Marjan Satrapi Publisher: Pantheon Pages: 192 Publication date: April 18, 2006 ISBN: 978-0375714672 Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi offers a sharp, intimate, and darkly humorous glimpse into the private lives of Iranian women, as a circle of relatives and friends gather over tea to speak candidly about love, sex, and marriage. Through their unfiltered conversations—ranging from the pressures of virginity and arranged marriage to desire, betrayal, and independence—Satrapi reveals a world often hidden behind social expectations and public modesty. Blending wit with quiet defiance, the book explores how women navigate control, reputation, and pleasure, creating a portrait that is at once culturally specific and universally recognizable.