The Cat's Table -

Michael Ondaatje

Jonathan Cape

2011

304 páginas

10h 8m

ISBN-13: 9780224093620

In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the “cat’s table”—as far from the Captain’s Table as can be—with a ragtag group of “insignificant” adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indian Ocean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: they are first exposed to the magical worlds of jazz, women, and literature by their eccentric fellow travelers, and together they spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. By turns poignant and electrifying, The Cat’s Table is a spellbinding story about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood, and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage

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❛❛Foi sempre gente estranha como eles que, nas várias mesas da ralé de minha vida, se revelaram capazes de me fazer mudar.❞

#31 - E um livro interessante mas em certos momentos ele se tornou maçante e eu acabei me distraindo e perdendo a vontade de ler e isso destruiu a experiência, com certeza vou colocá-lo na lista de releituras e espera que na próxima vez possa curtir mais.