By gibic on Skatehive
I read this novel in one sitting, about two hours. I was working on something that should have taken priority. Not gonna lie I thought it would be light reading for a short break. But I was wrong. The story is simple. This novel is a fable about a cat who taught a baby seagull to fly. We followed Zorbas, a large and fat black cat from the port of Hamburg. He was sunning himself on a balcony when a seagull named Kengah fell on top of him, her body covered in black oil. Kengah was dying. Before she died, she asked Zorbas to keep her egg warm and teach her chick to fly. Zorbas agreed. From there, everything got complicated. Zorbas was the sole reason I couldn’t put the book down. He was a cat who hesitated, but kept his word anyway, even though he had every reason to walk away. He was clearly the best boy ever. And Luis Sepúlveda wrote him so well, with precise and accurate cat behavior. When I reached the last page, I had tears in my eyes. I’m a cat person and I can't help it. I care too