The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis de Sepúlveda (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda, which tells the story of the unlikely relationship between an orphaned seagull and a group of cats, who raise her as one of their own. Behind Sepúlveda’s heartwarming and often comical tale lies a serious message: the story’s animals can teach us a great deal about working together, accepting our differences and protecting the world around us. The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly was an immediate critical and commercial success: it won a number of awards, and has been translated into several languages. Luis Sepúlveda is an award-winning Chilean-born author known for both his writing, which spans an impressive range of genres, and his firm stances on political and environmental issues.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: BrightSummaries.com
• Release date: Sep 22, 2017
• ISBN: 9782806296283

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Chilean writer

Born in Ovalle (Chile) in 1949.

Notable works:

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (1989), novel

Últimas noticias del Sur (Latest News from the South, 2012), novel

Historia de un perro llamado Leal (Story of a Dog Named Loyal, 2016), novel

Luis Sepúlveda was born in Ovalle, Chile in 1949. He took a stand early on against the regime of General Pinochet (Chilean president, 1915-2006), which resulted in his imprisonment and exile. He then travelled across South America and fought against the dictatorship. In 1982, he moved to Hamburg and began working as a journalist. He rose to fame with his first novel, The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, which describes the life of the Shuar indigenous people who he had spent a year living with. A successful author, he tackled a wide range of genres, taking as his subject the historic events of the 20th century (The Name of a Bullfighter, 1994; La locura de Pinochet y otros artículos [The Madness of Pinochet and Other Articles], 2003; La sombra de lo que fuimos [The Shadow of What We Were], 2010) or daily life (for example, the daily life of a cynical hitman in Diario de un killer sentimental [Diary of a Sentimental Killer], 1998).

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