I am gutted at the news of Marjane Satrapi's untimely passing. Her friends basically say she died of heartbreak, after recently losing her husband, an end not unlike her protagonist's in Poulet aux prunes / Chicken with Plums. An immense talent in multiple creative arts, RIP đź’”
Surprised to find that my 2015 piece on Chicken with Plums remains the only full-length article in the journal ADAPTATION about Marjane Satrapi: doi.org/10.1093/adap...
Amazed to learn the thumbnail I get here w/ that doi link is the Sophia Loren nude from the book. (I've played myself.)