Book Summary and Reviews of Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi

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"This work, while charming at times, feels like an afterthought compared to Satrapi's more distinguished work on Persepolis and its sequel. " - PW

"In line with the book's aura of abandoned constraints, Satrapi dispenses with panel frames; she also elides most background detail; and those choices make the book less graphic-novelish than cartoonish a la, say, Jules Feiffer. The sparkling verbal content, however, triumphs." - Booklist

"Lighter in subject matter than her previous work, Satrapi keeps things semicomical, even when relating matters of severe heartbreak, and her dashed-off drawings (with their slightly childlike expressions) help matters along." -- Kirkus Reviews.

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