Embroideries
by Satrapi, Marjane
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0224076086
- ISBN 13
- 9780224076081
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A stand-alone graphic novel from the author of Persepolis. In this book, Satrapi imagines the women of her extended Iranian family sitting around drinking tea and talking about their relationships with men. The book was originally published in France.
"As 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 importantly, keep up appearances."-dust jacket.
5-3/4 by 7-3/4 inches. Unpaginated (about 150 pages). Black and white. First UK edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). The UK edition was published on May 19, 2005, exactly one month after the US edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light surface wear at the spine ends. Signed by Satrapi.
"As 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 importantly, keep up appearances."-dust jacket.
5-3/4 by 7-3/4 inches. Unpaginated (about 150 pages). Black and white. First UK edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). The UK edition was published on May 19, 2005, exactly one month after the US edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light surface wear at the spine ends. Signed by Satrapi.
Synopsis
Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran, and currently lives in Paris. She has written several children’s books and her commentary and comics appear in newspapers and magazines around the world, including The New York Times and The New Yorker . She is also the author of the internationally best-selling and award-winning comic book autobiography in two parts, Persepolis and Persepolis 2 .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 361038
- Title
- Embroideries
- Author
- Satrapi, Marjane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224076086
- ISBN 13
- 9780224076081
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- mf17
- Bookseller catalogs
- WOMEN;
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