The Story of Mix, of Max, and of Mex
"The Story of Mix, of Max, and of Mex" can be read in the same line as Sepúlveda‘s best-and-longest-selling "The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly", capturing the hearts of young and old alike.
When the kitten Mix gets stuck up a tree, Max tries to save him, but ends up stuck himself. From then on, the two are unseparable, learning the lessons of life together. When Mix goes blind, he makes friends with the mouse Mex, who in return for his name lends the cat his eyes. For friendship means sharing the best that we have. Apparently simple, this cleverly composed book is full of wisdom.
An ode to friendship. Luis Sepúlveda has the poetic gift of bringing the essential to life.
Luis Sepúlveda
The author, born in northern Chile in 1949, has written short stories, novellas, plays and essays. Due to his political activities in the students’ movement he was forced to leave Chile and then travelled through Latin America. In 1980 he moved to Germany where he lived with his family for more than ten years. Since 1997 Sepúlveda lives in Gijón, Spain. He is translated in over thirty languages and has won numerous literary awards, among others the Primavera de Novela Prize 2009, one of the most prestigious and valuable awards in Spain.
