Chicken with Plums
Chicken with Plums (French: Poulet aux prunes) is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.
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Chicken with Plums (French: Poulet aux prunes) is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.
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• Title — Chicken with Plums • Foreigntitle — Poulet aux prunes • Publisher — L'Association • Date — 2004 • Origpublication — France • Origdate — October 2004 • Origlanguage — French • Origisbn — 2-84414-159-5 • Creator — Marjane Satrapi • Transpublisher — Pantheon Books • Transdate — 2006 • Transisbn — 0375424156 • Pages — 96 • Translator — Anjali Singh
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Synopsis
Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's and a tar player, has his cherished instrument broken after a heated argument with his wife. The book narrates the last eight days of his life as he lost the will to live, in November 1958 in Tehran.
Publication history
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, followed by a softcover version in 2009.
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Chicken With Plums (2013) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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Satrapi directed a film adaptation of the comic, which debuted at the La Pate theatre in France on October 26, 2011.
Awards
Chicken with Plums won the Best Album Award (Prix du Meilleur Album) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.
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