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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
editNasser 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
editThe 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
editChicken with Plums won the Best Album Award (Prix du Meilleur Album) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.[1][2]
Film adaptation
editSatrapi directed a film adaptation of the comic, which debuted at the La Pate theatre in France on October 26, 2011.
References
edit- ^ Abbasi, Hasti (2018-08-25). Dislocation, Writing, and Identity in Australian and Persian Literature. Springer. p. 79. ISBN 978-3-319-96484-3.
- ^ "Angoulême 2005 : "Poulet aux prunes" meilleur album - TOUTENBD.COM". www.toutenbd.com. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
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