The Rabbi's Cat

The Rabbi's Cat

The preeminent work by one of Franceâ‚¬s most celebrated young comics artists, The Rabbiâ‚¬s Cat tells the wholly unique story of a rabbi, his daughter, and their talking catâ‚¬â€œa philosopher brimming with scathing humor and surprising tenderness.
In Algeria in the 1930s, a cat belonging to a widowed rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and gains the ability to speak. To his masterâ‚¬s consternation, the cat immediately begins to tell lies (the first being that he didnâ‚¬t eat the parrot). The rabbi vows to educate him in the ways of the Torah, while the cat insists on studying the kabbalah and having a Bar Mitzvah. They consult the rabbiâ‚¬s rabbi, who maintains that a cat canâ‚¬t be Jewishâ‚¬â€œbut the cat, as always, knows better.
Zlabya falls in love with a dashing young rabbi from Paris, and soon master and cat, having overcome their shared self-pity and jealousy, are accompanying the newlyweds to France to meet Zlabyaâ‚¬s cosmopolitan in-laws. Full of drama and adventure, their trip invites countless opportunities for the rabbi and his cat to grapple with all the importantâ‚¬â€œand trivialâ‚¬â€œdetails of life.
Rich with the colors, textures, and flavors of Algeriaâ‚¬s Jewish community, The Rabbiâ‚¬s Cat brings a lost world vibrantly to lifeâ‚¬â€œa time and place where Jews and Arabs coexistedâ‚¬â€œand peoples it with endearing and thoroughly human characters, and one truly unforgettable cat.
Country USA
Brand Pantheon
Manufacturer Pantheon
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2007-05-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375714641

Country	USA
Brand	Pantheon
Manufacturer	Pantheon
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2007-05-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375714641

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