--- product_id: 8366243 title: "Chicken with Plums (Pantheon Graphic Library)" brand: "marjane satrapi" price: "¥4386" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/8366243-chicken-with-plums-pantheon-graphic-library store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Chicken with Plums (Pantheon Graphic Library) **Brand:** marjane satrapi **Price:** ¥4386 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Chicken with Plums (Pantheon Graphic Library) by marjane satrapi - **How much does it cost?** ¥4386 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/8366243-chicken-with-plums-pantheon-graphic-library) ## Best For - marjane satrapi enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted marjane satrapi brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Chicken with Plums (Pantheon Graphic Library) ## Images ![Chicken with Plums (Pantheon Graphic Library) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/812QczL8oqL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Seeing the Elephant *by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 3, 2007* Drawn in bold black and white, Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel illustrates the moving and disturbing life and last days of her uncle, Nasser Ali Kahn. He was a famous Iranian musician, loved for his virtuosity, and the sensitivity with which he played his beloved tar.It's a tale of how a man's happiness was gradually eroded by his culture, loss, suppressed feelings, and unrealizable expectations.The story starts with an older man in black walking down a city street. He encounters a slender woman with her grandchild. He hesitates. Asks if her name is Irane. She doesn't recognize him. Wonders how he knows her name. He, Nasser, apologizes and walks on to a friends business where he hopes to buy a replacement for his recently broken tar.We later learn that the broken tar had special meaning for Nasser. When he was a young man, the parents of the woman he'd fallen in love with forbade her to marry him because he was only a musician. Losing her plunged him into deep depression. He had difficulty playing. Nasser's tar master tried to console him by telling him, "To the common man, whether you're a musician or a clown, it's one and the same. The love you feel for this woman will translate into your music. She will be in every note you play." He then gave Nasser his own tar and instructed him to go on playing.From then on, Nasser's joy was his music. His playing thrilled his audiencesSince childhood he'd been unable to meet the conventional expectations of others. His mother's, his brother's, his teachers', the parents of the woman he loved, his wife, his children.His mother urged him to marry a woman he didn't love so that he would forget his loss. Although the woman he married did love him, she resented his music. His children, influenced by their mother's attitude, became estranged from him. This drove him further and further into his music.After he failed to find another tar equal to his broken one, feeling that without that tar and his music there was nothing else he wanted, Nasser came to the conclusion, "To live, it's not enough to be alive." He decided to die.This where the novel really begins. Through Satrapi's masterful construction, we are able to piece together what we need to understand who Nassar was, and why he would make this tragic choice.Satrapi reveals Nasser's life and character by skillfully rearranging temporal events - picking up a incident, then dropping it, and then weaving it in later on in the story with new threads. She loops the past into the present, the future into the past. Sometimes, from frame to frame, she switches back and forth between the past and the present, showing how a character's unhappy memories and lingering hurt become emotional IEDs on the path to true understanding.There are many lenses through which to "see" another person, many ways in which to know them. At Nassaer's mother's funeral, a mystic tells him the story of five men in the dark trying to describe a whole elephant from the part each has touched. "We give meaning to life based upon our point of view," he tells Nasser. In Chicken With Plums, through characters and events, Satrapi gives us the whole elephant.As the novel progresses, Satrapi's drawings become more expressive and surreal, adding more decorative touches. Her work resembles animation, almost cartoonish, but her story has the depth of a great novel. She has the timing of a film maker, knowing just what to show when, and how to keep the mystery and tension to the end.Chicken With Plums has touched me deeply. It's a heart breaking story of love on many levels, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I believe Nasser died of a broken heart. Without Irane and without his music, he could not find a way to be in this world. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful book! *by M***J on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 13, 2020* Absolutely love everything by this author. This book was really delightful and I would indeed recommend it to friends.It is worth noting that the author's BEST BOOKS are Persepolis I & II but these smaller books are really delightful snapshots of modern Persian life, which is meaningful to me as this is my diaspora. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another autofiction legacy? *by M***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 2, 2018* That photo is a silly fan art after reading the book 5 times.Simply put, it is a solid book even if you have not known Persepolis or an autofiction.It has positive moments and negative moments like "You came to wrong neighborhood!"Do not think this book as easy to read. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/8366243-chicken-with-plums-pantheon-graphic-library](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/8366243-chicken-with-plums-pantheon-graphic-library) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-05-01*