Embroideries
by Satrapi, Marjane
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375423052
- ISBN 13
- 9780375423055
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 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 US edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). The US edition was published a month before the UK edition, making this the first edition in English. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light surface wear at the spine ends. Inscribed by the author, "To Gillian best! Marjane 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 US edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). The US edition was published a month before the UK edition, making this the first edition in English. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light surface wear at the spine ends. Inscribed by the author, "To Gillian best! Marjane 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 #
- 361886
- 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
- 0375423052
- ISBN 13
- 9780375423055
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Bookseller catalogs
- WOMEN;
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