by Luis Sepúlveda · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472237964
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«Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar» is the fable by Luis Sepúlveda, published in paperback by Tusquets Editores in 1996, with 144 pages in Spanish.
Zorbas, a big, black, fat cat, promises a dying seagull, victim of an oil slick in the port of Hamburg, that he will care for her chick and teach it to fly. With the help of his friends Secretary, Know-It-All, Barlovento and Colonello, the cat faces a task that seems impossible for a feline: raising a seagull chick and making the promise come true.
The book belongs to the Andanzas collection (number 280) of Tusquets Editores and includes illustrations by Miles Hyman. The cover presents it as a novel for young people from 8 to 88 years old.
Recommended for readers from 8 to 88 years old, it is a youth read that combines adventure, friendship, loyalty and respect for nature.
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.
