A review by trin
Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi

5.0

Another amazing graphic novel from Satrapi. This one’s about a very distant relative of hers, a musician who decides he will die because his wife, in a fit of anger, broke his beloved tar. Eight days later he’s dead. Satrapi explores these eight days with the best, most beautifully chosen details, using vignette form to paint a full-bodied picture of this individual man, his family, what it means to be an artist, and the power of love. (And I’m not talking the aww, cheesy-healing kind of power here, but rather the “fear my wrath” variety.) The story is tragic and moving, but like all of Satrapi’s work, filled with humor, too. The result is not as “important” as [b: Persepolis|9516|Persepolis The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)|Marjane Satrapi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1425871473l/9516._SX50_.jpg|3303888]—that’s a feast—but a rare and perfect snack.