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Chicken with Plums (Poulet aux prunes) | |
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![]() 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 |
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 AngoulĂŞme International Comics Festival in 2005.
Film adaptation※
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.
References※
- ^ Abbasi, Hasti (2018-08-25). Dislocation, Writing, and Identity in Australian and Persian Literature. Springer. p. 79. ISBN 978-3-319-96484-3.
- ^ "AngoulĂŞme 2005 : "Poulet aux prunes" meilleur album - TOUTENBD.COM". www.toutenbd.com. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
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