A gem of a book about the aggravations and joys of cats from a literary master
In the autumn of 1965, flush with the unexpected success of his first published books, the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal bought a weekend cottage in Kersko, about an hour's drive east of Prague. From then until his death, he tended to a community of cats at his country home. Over the years, his relationship to them grew more intense, becoming a measure of the pressures, both private and public, that affected his life as a novelist.
Written in 1983, this is his confessional chronicle of what happened. It is the story of how a cat lover becomes increasingly overwhelmed by the demands of his life, and his cats, finding himself driven to the brink of madness by both the indulgent love and the resentment he feels. Moving, shocking and honest, All My Cats invites us to grapple with the meaning of love and loss.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Dk
ISBN: 9780241422182
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 07/11/2019
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Escrito por Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil Hrabal va néixer a Brno (República Txeca) el 1914. Es va doctorar en Dret, i abans de ser reconegut com a gran novel·lista va exercir d’oficial de notaria, comerciant ambulant, triturador de paper, treballador de ferrocarril, oficinista... Va començar a publicar el 1963 amb molt d’èxit, però després de l’ocupació soviètica els seus llibres es van prohibir. Entre les seves obres destaquen Trens rigorosament vigilats, Una solitud massa sorollosa i Personatges en un paisatge d’infància. Va morir a Praga el 1997.