Synopsis

based on the novel by SF Said Essence of the story. A brave Mesopotamian kitten going out into the world and finding who he is and where he belongs. He learns the mystical fighting skills of his ancestor Jalal. He wants to see the outside. A lot of the action takes place in the city where dark and dangerous things are happening. If you want your dreams to come true you have to face all the consequences. Varjak faces many challenges. The characters are entertaining, they have a sense of themselves. They are strong characters of different genders and generations. Varjak has good friends to help him – a pair of street cats called holly and Tam and a huge black dog called Cludge –but he also has deadly enemies. Worst of all, Sally Bones, the thin white cat. Mesopotamia, the land where many things began, we go back at the end of each scene in Varjak’s mystic dreams from which Varjak learns important lessons from the origins of everything, where the cats began. It is a magical, serene place where great learning takes place of the 7 skills ‘The Way of Jalal (a lost form of cat martial arts ). Keep the way alive Varjak Paw. It is a story full of sympathy and it explores complicated emotions, to know what it is to be brave and not brave, loyal and not loyal. Whoever you are, you’ll bring something
 * Varjak Paw **