Embroideries

A moment ago I finished reading Marjane Satrapi’s Embroideries.  What a funny, poignant book!  Satrapi continues in the graphic novel/memoir genre, this time setting the story at a gathering of women after a dinner party.  The women reveal different attitudes about love, sexuality, and marriage, and Marjane takes it all in.  I laughed out loud even while I winced at some of the male attitudes brought forward.  This is a universal story, one of women being women as they often can only be when not around men.  Satrapi makes me enjoy the graphic text form so much; when her characters are rushing through their dialogue, the script of the text blends together.  I admire her ability to use everything on the page to convey her story.  If you liked Persepolis, I’m betting you’ll enjoy this, too.

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