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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

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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

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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

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

Film adaptation

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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.

References

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  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.