Chicken with Plums

For the 2011 film, see Chicken with Plums (film).
Chicken with Plums
(Poulet aux prunes)
French edition cover
Date2004
Page count96 pages
PublisherL'Association
Creative team
CreatorMarjane Satrapi
Original publication
Published inFrance
Date of publicationOctober 2004
LanguageFrench
ISBN2-84414-159-5
Translation
PublisherPantheon Books
Date2006
ISBN0375424156
TranslatorAnjali Singh

Chicken with Plums (French: Poulet aux prunes) is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.

Synopsis

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

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

Chicken with Plums won the Best Album Award (Prix du Meilleur Album) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.[1][2]

Film adaptation

Main article: Chicken with Plums (film)

Satrapi directed a film adaptation of the comic, which debuted at the La Pate theatre in France on October 26, 2011.

References

  1. ^ Abbasi, Hasti (2018-08-25). Dislocation, Writing, and Identity in Australian and Persian Literature. Springer. p. 79. ISBN 978-3-319-96484-3.
  2. ^ "Angoulême 2005 : "Poulet aux prunes" meilleur album - TOUTENBD.COM". www.toutenbd.com. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
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