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Pantheon
October 2006
On Sale: October 3, 2006
96 pages
ISBN: 0375424156
EAN: 9780375424151
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In her acclaimed Persepolis books and in Embroideries,
Marjane Satrapi rendered the events of her life and times in
a uniquely captivating and powerful voice and vision. Now
she turns that same keen eye and ear to the heartrending
story of her great-uncle, a celebrated Iranian musician who
gave up his life for music and love. We are in Tehran in 1958, and Nasser Ali Khan, one of Iran’s
most revered tar players, discovers that his beloved
instrument is irreparably damaged. Though he tries, he
cannot find one to replace it, one whose sound speaks to him
with the same power and passion with which his music speaks
to others. In despair, he takes to his bed, renouncing the
world and all its pleasures, closing the door on the demands
and love of his wife and his four children. Over the course
of the week that follows, his family and close friends
attempt to change his mind, but Nasser Ali slips further and
further into his own reveries: flashbacks and flash-forwards
(with unexpected appearances by the likes of the Angel of
Death and Sophia Loren) from his own childhood through his
children’s futures. And as the pieces of his story slowly
fall into place, we begin to understand the profundity of
his decision to give up life. Marjane Satrapi brings what has become her signature humor,
insight, and generosity to this emotional tale of life and
death, and the courage and passion both require of us. The
poignant story of one man, it is also a story of stunning
universality–and an altogether luminous work.
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