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On Cats

by Charles Bukowski

Bukowski’s reflections on cats

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    Praised by Bustle

    Bustle praises the essays and poems for Bukowski’s characteristic funny, frank tone and their exploration of cat...

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Bukowski’s reflections on cats

Essays and poems gather Charles Bukowski’s observations of cats and the bond between people and these independent animals. The collection connects feline toughness and resilience with the qualities Bukowski admired, while also offering a glimpse of his perspective on the world through that relationship. Its subject stays close to cats, but the pieces also touch on vulnerability, beauty, and affection. The publisher’s description identifies humor and frankness as part of the collection’s character.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in essays and poems about cats and human-animal relationships.
  • Bukowski readers curious about a collection centered on his reflections on animals.
  • Readers who enjoy literary collections that combine prose and poetry.

Themes

Cats and human-animal relationshipsResilienceVulnerability and affectionBeauty

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Book overview

"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. 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

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