ARGONAUT BOOKS

'Embroideries' gathers together many of the women in Marjane Satrapi's life - family, friends and neighbours - for an afternoon of tea-drinking and talking, during which the women reminisce and reflect on the realities of sexuality and marriage in Iranian society. Reviews This is a book to provoke and entertainThe Times - Peter MillarSatrapi'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 outsidersFinancial Times - Lydia Ade...Read More