The Rabbi's Cat 2

This sequel to rabbis cat 1 isnot as good as the firstIllustrations wonderful !

This applies to both Vol 1 and Vol 2 of The Rabbi's Cat. I rented to animated movie version and my wife and I both fell in love with it. Sfar's artwork is both original and also a bit on the wacky side, which really appeals to me. Anyway, I Googled the guy after watching the movie and found that he had several books. So, being a collector of graphic novels (especially off-beat ones) I promptly ordered both volumes from Amazon. The characters are just so vivid and illustrations are sensational. I especially love the way he draws the cat (me also being a cat-person). It's so slinky it's almost half snake, and boy is it clever. My only problem with these books is that there's so much dialogue that the print is almost microscopic in places and I actually need to use a magnifying glass to read some of it, which is the only reason I gave it four stars instead of five. I should also add that the story and settings are so vivid and touching. It really gave me a sense of a culture and place that have pretty much vanished forever. If you have any interest in the Algerian Jewish community pre WW II, rent the movie first, and if you want more stories about these characters get the books. Just be prepared for a little eye strain.

I absolutely love the rabbi's cat and his snarky comments on life. In this book life goes on. He goes on a adventure with his master's cousin, Malka,and meets a snake who offers his bite as a gift and release from the miseries of life. Then he travels with his master, another cousin who is an Arab, a Russian painter who escaped the pogroms of Russia by hiding himself in a crate of holy books shipped to Algeria, and a crazy, rich Russian who desn't belive in anything but drink and sex. They are off on an expedition to find the Falasha who live in a hidden city in Ethiopia called Jerusalem. The cat must learn to keep his mouth shut in sticky situaions or he could get everyone killed as sorcerers. Peoples in the African deserts can be superstitious and dangerous. True love intervenes, there is a singing donkey and gigantic black jews with absolutely no sense of humor. Another wonderful book about tthe rabbi's cat.

Beautiful drawings, gorgeous colors, very funny situations, intriguing conversations between the crazy cast of characters, particularly the animals--and all so very human. Discussions and disagreements about human nature, God, and religion take place in Paris, Tunisia and Africa in the early 1900s. I read the first one not realizing it was two-parter, and couldn't wait to get hold of #2. Very fun, delightful, beautiful interplays between humans and animals, humans and humans, and animals and animals. It made me laugh out loud and made me think--and now I want a lying cat that talks!

Couple an interesting and varied art style with the adventures of a cat within a Jewish community and the results are a unique insight into the interesting flavours of the mind. The cat takes an approach that is typical of cats, that he has needs that are sometimes at odds with his human counterparts but in the process there comes to light circumstances that before had gone unnoticed due to dogmatic processes. This is a very fun book to read and look at. It gives the reader an appreciation of the middle eastern world and the lives within it and from a variety of viewpoints.

This story is beautifully drawn. It is highly imaginative, clever, and sly.As most of the characters were introduced in the first book, "The Rabbi's Cat", you should start with it.The first book made me to buy the second. Now, I look forward to a third book.This is not a children's book. It requires some thought. Don't rush through it.

Great condition, shipped quickly. For those looking for a good read, at least be aware that in spite of being a comic, Rabbi's Cat is a tiny bit hard to read in English. They do not use standard comic lettering, but instead often use cursive, or other types of scripts that will give you an eye strain headache if you read for too long at a time. The art is slapdash--they're obviously only about the story here. But those things aside, it IS a great story. I'd recommend Rabbi's Cat (1 and 2) to anyone who wants a pleasant, somewhat slice-of-life story.

I wanted to get the books after seeing the movie, and of course, there are many more layers to this wonderful story that they didn't have time for, so I am very glad to get "the rest of the story"! I loved it!

Vraiment prenant, apaisant. Donne envie d'en savoir davntage sur laTorah. Les graphismes peuvent sembler par intermittences negliges, ou se relacher legerement, mais ce n'est sans doute pas le cas. Les couleurs, elles, sont plutot chaudes. On se rappelle surtout des marrons, bruns, ocres, les couleurs plus vives des habits et parures de la fille du rabbin. J'aime cette derniere image ou elle dort sur le toit plat de sa maison urbaine, appelons cet espace une terrasse, sous le ciel etoile. J'avais d'abord aborde l'oeuvre via le dessin anime qui en fait combine le tome un et le tome deux. On se retrouve bien dans la bande dessinee. Meme ambiance, avec cette possibilite qu'offre livre de revenir en arriere ou ralentir le deroulement de l'histoire en ralentissant la lecture. A relire ulterieurement.

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