Ah, Poetry Month! Why are you but one time a year? Instead of thinking about it as only a month-long celebration, why not think of it as a 30-day introduction to a lifetime of joy, heartbreak, passion and exhalation? The beauty of the genre can (and should) be heard aloud. What is the written word […]
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."
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."
Love Is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977
312Love Is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977
312Paperback(Ecco ed.)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780876853627 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 05/31/2002 |
Edition description: | Ecco ed. |
Pages: | 312 |
Sales rank: | 29,899 |
Product dimensions: | 5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d) |