Chicken with Plums (French: Poulet aux prunes) is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.
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.
Chicken with Plums won the Best Album Award (Prix du Meilleur Album) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.
[1][2] Satrapi directed a film adaptation of the comic, which debuted at the La Pate theatre in France on October 26, 2011.