Embroideries

当伊朗的七大姑八大姨围坐泡茶，话题从丈夫滑向床笫，这本书便成了她们揭露两性博弈的场域。它不写战争与政治，只写女人们如何在婚姻、贞操观、包养与整形中周旋：有人教女儿「别用心跳、要用脑子挑丈夫」，有人把八卦称作「给心灵通风」。读者既爱那份俏皮睿智的坦诚，也诟病它只讲「选择」而不谈出身——不是每个女人都拥有外婆那样的见识与运气。它画得略显粗糙，体量也不及作者的其他作品，却以毫不遮掩的荤腥与自嘲，撕开了「贤妻良母」背后的代价。适合想听真话而非听传奇的人：这里的智慧带着腥气，也带着算计。

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.