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.
Oh I loves Embroderies as well, one of my fave graphic novels for sure.