On Cats
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 15, 2017
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- Who it’s for
- Bukowski’s funny, frank reflections find tenderness in cats without laying it on thick.
- Themes
- Cats and human-animal relationships, Feline toughness and resilience, Beauty and love
- Genres
- Cats, Essay Collections, Animals & Nature in Literature
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“Acclaimed writer Charles Bukowski turns his signature eye on the world of felines. A series of essays and poems all about cats, Bukowski’s classic funny and frank tone becomes, at times, even endearing as he explores and honors the majestic creatures and our relationship with them.” —Bustle Felines touched a vulnerable spot in the unfathomable soul of Charles Bukowski, the Dirty Old Man of American letters.
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For the writer, there was something elemental about these inscrutable creatures, whose searing gaze could penetrate deep into our beings. Bukowski considered cats to be forces of nature, elusive emissaries of beauty and love. Funny and moving, On Cats offers Bukowski’s musings on these beloved animals and their toughness and resiliency. Poignant and free of treacle, On Cats is an illuminating portrait of this one-of-a-kind artist and his unique view of the world, witnessed through his relationship with the animals he considered among his most profound teachers. "The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you’ll live ten times longer than if you have ten. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever." -Charles Bukowski
Cats, Unvarnished
Bukowski’s funny, frank reflections find tenderness in cats without laying it on thick.
Come here for
- A writer’s unruly affection for feline toughness and mystery
Expect
- Essays and poems, wry one moment and moving the next
Where it sits
| Essay Collections | 51% |
|---|---|
| Cats | 43% |
| Animals & Nature in Literature | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Animal Humor
- American Literary Collections
- Essay Collections
- Letters & Correspondence
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- Birds
- Cats
- Cat Breeds
- Pet Stories & Essays
- Authors
- Charles Bukowski
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 15, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Cats and human-animal relationships · Feline toughness and resilience · Beauty and love
- Reading lane
- Animal Humor