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The Cats of Ogaden, by author Yismake Worku.

Some books tell a story; others pull the reader into the story and hold them there. ‘The Cats of Ogaden’ is such a book.

This novel by Yismake Worku is the sequel to ‘Kibur Dingay’ (The Precious Stone). Doctor Didimos encounters Anian. He places human life — spanning history, memory, and imagination — within a distinct world of narrative. Setting the familiar real on one side and imagination on the other, he makes us question the border between the two.

This is not a story read merely for entertainment. It is a book that unsettles our sense of what we remember and what we forget, of our understanding of humanity and the world. The mystery of the title likewise seizes the reader from the very start — ‘The Cats of Ogaden’.

This story does not merely stir the heart and pass on; rather, it draws out the world hidden between its pages. ‘The Cats of Ogaden’ is a novel written not only for the one who reads, but for the reader who thinks after reading. When you finish it, perhaps you too will no longer see the world through quite the same eyes.