All My Cats

Name: All My Cats
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780241422199
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By Bohumil Hrabal

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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All My Cats by Bohumil Hrabal is a reflective and poignant narrative exploring the author's life in a rural Czech village as he takes care of an ever-growing family of cats. The story delves into themes of responsibility, guilt, and the visceral bond between humans and animals, infusing Hrabal’s signature blend of humour and melancholy.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a fondness for animals and appreciate deeply personal and reflective narratives. It offers insights into the complexities of life through the author's profound relationship with his feline companions, blending humour, tenderness, and existential musings throughout.

All My Cats

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A gem of a book about the aggravations and great 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 in 1997, he divided his time between Prague and Kersko, where he wrote and tended to a community of cats. Over the years, his relationship with them grew deeper, becoming a measure of the pressures, both private and public, that impinged on his life as a writer.

All My Cats, written in 1983 after a serious car accident, is the chronicle of a cat lover who becomes overwhelmed by his cats and his life and is driven to the brink of madness by the dilemmas his indulgent love for the animals has created.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Bohumil Hrabal is celebrated as a significant figure in 20th-century world literature, known for his distinctive prose style and his charming wit. His work, including All My Cats, is often characterised by his gregarious personality and a fondness for cats, among other interests. Hrabal's writing is appreciated for its humour and deep exploration of the self, and he is highly praised by other literary figures like Milan Kundera and Philip Roth for his contribution to European prose.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241422199

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 August 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 80g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Bohumil Hrabal was one of the most important and admired Czech writers of the twentieth century. He was born and raised in Brno in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914. After working as a railway labourer, insurance agent, travelling salesman, manual labourer, paper-packer and stagehand, he published a collection of poetry that was quickly withdrawn by the communist regime. His best-known books include I Served the King of England, Closely Watched Trains (made into an Academy Award-winning film directed by Jiri Menzel) and Too Loud a Solitude. In 1997, he fell to his death from the fifth floor of a Prague hospital, apparently trying to feed the pigeons.