Abel Debritto Knihy

A collection of previously unpublished letters from America's cult icon on the art of writing.Charles Bukowski was one of our most iconoclastic, raw and riveting writers, one whose stories, poems and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. On Writing collects Bukowski's reflections and ruminations on the craft he dedicated his life to. Piercing, unsentimental and often hilarious, On Writing is filled not only with memorable lines but also with the author's trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace, pathos and intimacy. In the previously unpublished letters to editors, friends and fellow writers collected here, Bukowski is brutally frank about the drudgery of work and uncompromising when it comes to the absurdities of life and of art.

Pro Charlese Bukowského byla kočka „krásný ďábel“, nezdolný bojovník a lovec, nevypočitatelná myslící bytost, vzbuzující respekt a obdiv. Svazek O kočkách shromažďuje autorovy texty, v nichž kočky hrají hlavní roli. Jeho kočky jsou divoké a panovačné, Bukowski je zachycuje, jak pronásledují svou kořist, válí se a procházejí po popsaných stránkách, probouzejí ho tím, že mu zaboří tlapky do obličeje. Jsou to však i tvorové přítulní a láskyplní, kteří autora inspirují a probouzejí v něm potřebu něžné a neustálé péče.

Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of poems from an influential writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, and acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark on modern culture. Few writers have so brilliantly and poignantly conjured the desperation and absurdity of ordinary life as Charles Bukowski. Resonant with his powerful, perceptive voice, his visceral, hilarious, and transcendent poetry speaks to us as forcefully today as when it was written. Encompassing a wide range of subjects—from love to death and sex to writing—Bukowski’s unvarnished and self-deprecating verse illuminates the deepest and most enduring concerns of the human condition while remaining sharply aware of the day to day. With his acute eye for the ridiculous and the troubled, Bukowski speaks to the deepest longings and strangest predilections of the human experience. Gloomy yet hopeful, this is tough, unrelenting poetry touched by grace. This is Essential Bukowski.