Chicken with Plums


Chicken with Plums is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.

Synopsis

The book narrates the last eight days of the life of Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's, 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, followed by a softcover version in 2009.

Awards

Chicken with Plums won the Best Album Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.

Film adaptation

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