Bibliograph

The rabbi's cat, Joann Sfar

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Label

The rabbi's cat, Joann Sfar

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The rabbi's cat

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

57068842

Responsibility statement

Joann Sfar

Summary

When the rabbi's cat wins the gift of speech by swallowing a parakeet, he uses it both to tell lies (that he didn't eat the parakeet, for example) and to tell his own story. But now that he's lied, the rabbi forbids him from talking to his daughter, Zlabya, and vows to educate him in the Torah. For his part, the cat wants to study Kabbalah and he wants a bar mitzvah. But the question of whether a feline can be Jewish must first be intensely debated by the cat and his master. When Zlabya falls in love with a dashing young rabbi, both are crestfallen and jealous, but the journey to meet the young man's secular family in Paris provides additional opportunities for the rabbi and his cat to discuss both the important and petty details of life. Vibrant with the colors, textures, and feeling of a lost world (one where Jews and Arabs easily co-existed) "The Rabbi's Cat is populated with wholly believable and endearing people and one truly unforgettable cat

Table Of Contents

Vol. 1: 1. the Bar Mitzvah. -- 2. Malka of the Lions. -- 3. Exodus. -- Vol. 2.: 4. Heaven on earth. -- 5. Africa's Jerusalem

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