by Luis Sepúlveda, Miles Hyman · SEUIL JEUNESSE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020300438
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«Histoire d'une mouette et du chat qui lui apprit à voler» is the children's novel by Luis Sepúlveda, illustrated by Miles Hyman, in paperback, in French.
In the port of Hamburg, Zorbas the cat, black and stout, promises a dying seagull to care for her egg, protect the chick, and teach it to fly. Together with the chick, Lucky, and the other cats of the port, he fulfills these unusual promises in adventures that speak of solidarity, tenderness, and poetry.
Original title in Spanish: «Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar». Work first published in 1996.
With its fairy-tale tone, it is suitable for young readers and for adults who enjoy animal fables.
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Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the 1970s. Sepúlveda authored numerous poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, the language in which he wrote his first novel, El viejo que leía novelas de amor.
