The Rabbi's Cat (Pantheon Graphic Novels)

The Rabbi's Cat (Pantheon Graphic Novels)

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
Height 10.25
Length 7.89
Weight 1.25002102554
Width 0.42
ReleaseDate 2007-05-22
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Pantheon
Manufacturer	Pantheon
Binding	Paperback
Height	10.25
Length	7.89
Weight	1.25002102554
Width	0.42
ReleaseDate	2007-05-22
NumberOfItems	1

The Rabbi's Cat (Pantheon Graphic Novels)

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