While waiting for death, Nasser Ali is visited by family, memories and hallucinations. These final eight days, which we're taken through one by one, make up the bulk of this slim volume. Here she presents us with the story of her great-uncle Nasser Ali Khan, one of Iran's most revered musicians, who takes to bed after realizing that he'll never be able to find an instrument to replace his beloved, broken tar Satrapi's talent for distilling complex personal histories into richly evocative vignettes made PersepolisĪ bestseller. I´ll be sure to read more by Satrapi.The question of what makes a life worth living has rarely been posed with as much poignancy and ambition as it is in Satrapi's dazzling new effort. Here´s an excerpt (credit: ):Īlthough there are moments of fun in Chicken with Plums, the son singing in a bus for hours on end, the americanization of family members who emigrate, the book tells the story of a dying man and his losing battle with depression, not a fun story, but an impressive one. Satrapi´s style is easy to recognize, stark black and white images that appear simplistic, however I very much enjoy about her art that she emphasizes facial expressions so much.
In this book, Nasser Ali is visited by the angel of death, Iranian poets, and fantasizes about Sophia Loren. Like in Persepolis, there are hallucinations and visitations. His wife and his brother attempt to pull Nassar Ali out of his depression, but not even his favorite meal, chicken with plums, can get him distract him. But he also contemplates his unhappy marriage and the disrespect of his children. During his last eight days, he remembers an old love and learning to play the tar. Finally he decides that if he cannot play anymore there is no reason for him to live, so Nasser Ali lies down in bed and waits for death to come. His own tar has been broken and Nasser Ali tries out tar after tar to find one that can replace his old one, but with no luck. I have read only two graphic novels till now, Persepolis and Exit Wounds, but enjoyed them enough to want to try more.Ĭhicken with Plums is another graphic novel by Marjane Strapi and narrates the last eight days of her great-uncle Nasser Ali Khan, a famous tar player.
Graphic novels seem to be everywhere now and I thought I´d try to pay more attention to the genre and include the comics aisle on my library round.
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