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__Chicken with Plums__ by Marjane Satrapi is the story of her musician uncle Nasser Ali Satrapi and his decision to die. The story takes place in 1958 Iran. After a bitter argument cited by a sour marriage, his wife Nahid breaks his beloved tar, the instrument of his life. He attempts to find a tar that can replace his old one, but none of them give him the same pleasure that his old one did. Without his tar, Nasser Ali loses his ability to enjoy life and waits for death to come and eight days later, the angel of death does come. Nasser Ali Khan goes through eight days of waiting for the angel of death, where his relationships with his family and his past love life are examined. His brother Abdi and sister Parvine come to visit their beloved brother and his wife Nahid tries to reconcile with him. Nasser Ali takes quite a bitter position on life in general and is ready to leave his siblings, friends, wife and children. The question is, why was Nasser Ali discontented with his marriage and his life in the first place? The book alludes to some of Iran's political history and does not lack humor. The story examines his life in a non-chronological order that gives every reader an "Oh!" moment of epiphany. Marjane Satrapi has written, Persepolis: The story of a Childhood, Persepolis 2: The story of a Return and Embroideries. Persepolis will be made into a motion picture by Sony and released in 2007. She was born in Iran and lives in Paris.