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  • Published: 3 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9781609809317
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $39.99

Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub




The first children's book to appear in English by the award-winning
Israeli master storyteller

The first children's book to appear in English by the award-winning
Israeli master storyteller

What happens when a tired boy with a fertile imagination is left to fend for himself at the zoo? Well, if his father is too busy to play and must talk business on his phone, and it's close to naptime, then ... a lot. After freeing sad animals from their cages, the boy takes a ride in an airship with an old turtle and a lazy rhinoceros. Once on board he describes to Habakkuk, the ship's captain, the traits of the rarely seen long-haired cat-boy cub: Long-haired cat-boy cubs need to be played with once an hour to stay alive. Also, you cannot wash a long-haired cat-boy cub in water, they only like to drink juice and chocolate milk, and, most of all, you must listen to a long-haired cat-boy cub's story to the end even if you get a call from work.

Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub is a clever and captivating tale that will appeal to any cub who has busy parents and a busier imagination.

  • Published: 3 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9781609809317
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $39.99

About the authors

Etgar Keret

Etgar Keret was born in Ramat Gan and now lives in Tel Aviv. A winner of the French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, he is the author of the memoir The Seven Good Years and story collections, including Fly Already. His work has been translated into forty-five languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review, and The New York Times.

Sondra Silverston

SONDRA SILVERSTON has translated the work of Israeli fiction writers such as Etgar Keret, Savyon Liebrecht, and Aharon Megged. Her translation of Amos Oz's Between Friends won the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction in 2013. Born in the United States, she has lived in Israel since 1970.

Praise for Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub

"Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation."--Salman Rushdie