A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.
A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us. Charles Bukowski was a man of intense emotions, someone an editor once called a "passionate madman." Alternating between tough and gentle, sensitive and gritty, Bukowski lays bare the myriad facets of love-its selfishness and its narcissism, its randomness, its mystery and its misery, and, ultimately, its true joyfulness, endurance, and redemptive power.
"there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
the hands of a clock."
| ISBN: | 9780876853627 |
| Publication date: | 20th August 1992 |
| Author: | Charles Bukowski |
| Publisher: | Ecco an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 307 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by form: Haiku Anthologies: general Poetry anthologies (various poets) Classic fiction: general and literary Modern and Contemporary romance Erotic romance Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Poetry General Fiction |