Summary
Chicken with Plums (French: Poulet aux prunes) is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.
| Chicken with Plums (Poulet aux prunes) | |
|---|---|
 French edition cover | |
| Date | 2004 |
| Page count | 96 pages |
| Publisher | L'Association |
| Creative team | |
| Creator | Marjane Satrapi |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | France |
| Date of publication | October 2004 |
| Language | French |
| ISBN | 2-84414-159-5 |
| Translation | |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
| Date | 2006 |
| ISBN | 0375424156 |
| Translator | Anjali Singh |
Synopsis edit
Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's and a Tar player, has his cherished instrument broken after a quarrel. The book narrates the last eight days of his life as he lost the will to live, in November 1958 in Tehran.
Publication history edit
The original French-language version was published in France in 2004 and the English version was translated by Anjali Singh and published by Pantheon Books in 2006 (ISBN 0375424156), followed by a softcover version in 2009 (ISBN 0375714758).
Awards edit
Chicken with Plums won the Best Album Award (Prix du Meilleur Album) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.[1][2]
Film adaptation edit
Satrapi directed a film with the same name based on the comic, which debuted at the La Pate theatre in France on October 26, 2011.