About the Author

MARJANE SATRAPI was born in Rasht, Iran. She now lives in Paris, where she is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers throughout the world, including The New Yorker and The New York Times. She is also the author of several children’s books, the memoir Embroideries, and the internationally best-selling and award-winning comic book autobiography in two parts, Persepolis and Persepolis 2. She co-wrote and co-directed the Academy Award-nominated animated film version of Persepolis.

Reviews

“It’s amazing to see how much complexity and narrative cunning Satrapi crams into her images ... Chicken with Plums is the most intricately laminated of her tales: The author shuffles past, present, and future like a cardsharp.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Beguiling ... Completely seamless.”
—The Boston Globe

“Satrapi pushes the boundaries of her work further still . . . [She is] an Iranian Colette.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“Inspired.”
—Elle

“Satrapi’s deceptively simple, remarkably powerful drawings match the precise but flexible prose she employs in adapting to her multiple roles as educator, folklorist, and grand-niece.”
—The New Yorker

Praise for Persepolis

“A memoir of growing up as a girl in revolutionary Iran, Persepolis provides a unique glimpse into a nearly unknown and unreachable way of life ... That Satrapi chose to tell her remarkable story as a gorgeous comic books makes it unique and totally indispensable.”
—Time

“It is virtually impossible to read Persepolis without falling in love.”
—Baltimore Sun

“The most original coming-of-age story from the Middle East yet.”
—People

“A mighty achievement.”
—USA Today

“Wildly charming.”
—The New York Times Book Review

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. Satrapi's talent for distilling complex personal histories into richly evocative vignettes made Persepolis a bestseller. 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. Eight days later, he's dead. These final eight days, which we're taken through one by one, make up the bulk of this slim volume. While waiting for death, Nasser Ali is visited by family, memories and hallucinations. Because everything is being filtered through Satrapi's formidable imagination, we are also treated to classical Persian poetry, bits of history, folk stories, as well as an occasional flash forward into lives Nasser Ali will never have a chance to see. Each episode is illustrated with Satrapi's characteristic, almost childlike drawings, which take on the stark expressiveness of block prints. Clear and emotive, they bring surprising force and humor to this stunning tribute to a life whose worth can be measured in the questions it leaves. (Oct.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

"It's amazing to see how much complexity and narrative cunning Satrapi crams into her images ... Chicken with Plums is the most intricately laminated of her tales: The author shuffles past, present, and future like a cardsharp."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Beguiling ... Completely seamless."
-The Boston Globe

"Satrapi pushes the boundaries of her work further still . . . [She is] an Iranian Colette."
-San Francisco Chronicle

"Inspired."
-Elle

"Satrapi's deceptively simple, remarkably powerful drawings match the precise but flexible prose she employs in adapting to her multiple roles as educator, folklorist, and grand-niece."
-The New Yorker

Praise for Persepolis

"A memoir of growing up as a girl in revolutionary Iran, Persepolis provides a unique glimpse into a nearly unknown and unreachable way of life ... That Satrapi chose to tell her remarkable story as a gorgeous comic books makes it unique and totally indispensable."
-Time

"It is virtually impossible to read Persepolis without falling in love."
-Baltimore Sun

"The most original coming-of-age story from the Middle East yet."
-People

"A mighty achievement."
-USA Today

"Wildly charming."
-The New York Times Book Review