by Luis Sepúlveda · Editions Métailié · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782864244905
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«Histoire d'une mouette et du chat qui lui apprit à voler» is the novel by Luis Sepúlveda in French, published by Editions Métailié in paperback.
Zorbas the cat, big, black and fat, promises a dying seagull to look after her last egg, protect the chick and teach it to fly. The cats of Hamburg harbor mobilize to help him keep those promises. In the adventures of Zorbas and Lucky, solidarity, tenderness, nature and poetry come to the fore.
The original Spanish version, «Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar», appeared in 1996. This 2004 edition, 117 pages, belongs to the collection «Suite hispano-américaine».
Aimed at children and young adults; a fable about friendship and keeping promises.
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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.
