This ‘Cat’ purrs: French Jewish cartoonist’s latest has gripping

And when he chooses to draw the cat with photorealism, he has great skill; for proof, one only needs to look at the photograph of the author (and his cat) on the jacket.

The Rabbi Cat sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Sfar native France and more in translated editions worldwide, and fans will be pleased with The Rabbi Cat 2. Set in Algiers during the 1930s, the first book introduced us to Rabbi Abraham, his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, and their mercurial cat who eats a parrot and is blessed with the ability to speak (and enter into talmudic discussions).

All of the principal characters return in for the sequel, and Sfar wisely fleshes out some of the more intriguing bit players from his first book. The Rabbi Cat 2 opens with a sojourn in the desert alongside a white-haired old gent named Malka of the Lions, Abraham swashbuckling cousin.



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