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Love is a Dog From Hell Paperback – May 31, 2002

by Charles Bukowski (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,160 ratings
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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."

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    May 31, 2002
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    5.88 x 0.78 x 8.94 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0876853629
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0876853627
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First published in 1977, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a collection of Bukowski's poetry from the mid-seventies. A classic in the Bukowski canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.

About the Author

Charles Bukowski is one of America’s best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in 1920 in Andernach, Germany, to an American soldier father and a German mother, and brought to the United States at the age of two. He was raised in Los Angeles and lived there for over fifty years. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

Abel Debritto, a former Fulbright scholar and current Marie Curie fellow, works in the digital humanities. He is the author of Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground, and the editor of the Bukowski collections On Writing, On Cats, and On Love.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ecco; Ecco ed. edition (May 31, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0876853629
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0876853627
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.88 x 0.78 x 8.94 inches
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Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).

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Customers find the book easy to read and a great start on their literary journey. They describe the pacing as captivating, insightful, and heartfelt. Readers enjoy the poetry and appreciate the author's writing style. The book is described as honest, raw, and unapologetic.

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Customers find the book engaging and well-written. They appreciate the author's detailed writing style and consider it a great start on their literary journey. The crisp, clean pages enhance the reading experience.

"...This review is of the Kindle version. The text is formatted well and was very easy to read; I did not find any obvious errors...." Read more

"Great stuff...I'd put it a notch below "The Last Night of the Earth Poems"" Read more

"One of my all time favorite books. Great read for the summer. Highly recommend." Read more

"Bukowski's strength is his honest depiction of his world, which is upsetting much of the time because it sometimes overlaps with my world, and your..." Read more

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Customers find the book engaging and insightful. They say it validates heartache and is captivating. The author captures the dark side of life and brings light to it.

"Imagine if Hemingway was much cooler, more eloquent and insightful, grittier, dirtier, and wrote poetry...." Read more

"Bukowski’s poetry is dark and cynical in a way that I’ve yet to find elsewhere...." Read more

"...like poetry and are dealing with stress from love, this book will validate your heartache. Bukowski is a genuis." Read more

"...it feels light, substandard and just plain cheap (which at 12$ it ain't). get the black sparrow edition otherwise just kindle it...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the poetry. They find it interesting and worth reading more of his work. The poems are written in a true Bukowski style, with rawness and emotion expressed.

"...Bukowski may, in my opinion, be the best American poet. "the fools will win, but break like a horse out of the gate."" Read more

"...I greatly enjoy his manner of writing and some of his poems have really sat with me...." Read more

"...upon one of his creations like The Crunch, and find it to be poetic genius, pure, intense, and fragile. I tear up every time I read it...." Read more

"The poetry in the book is great. sex, drugs, down and out. my favorite of Buk. Problem is in the book material...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's authenticity. They find it honest, raw, and unpretentious. The book is described as poetic genius, pure, intense, and fragile.

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Bukowski’s poetry is dark and cynical in a way that I’ve yet to find elsewhere. I greatly enjoy his manner of writing and some of his poems have really sat with me. That being said, I have to be in a certain mood to read his work as some poems are extremely misogynistic and have certainly skewed my views of people/the world.
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  • Westley
    5.0 out of 5 stars No love poems here
    Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2012
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    Aside from watching the excellent movie adaptation of his largely autobiographical novel, "Factotum," I knew little about Bukowski before reading this collection of poetry. "Love Is a Dog From Hell" collects his works from the mid-1970s (1974-1977). Bukowski was in his fifties and fairly successful as a writer by this point. The poems often center on his problematic relationships with women, whom he usually treats as sex objects. His views on women are clueless and offensive but capture what so many men (especially of his generation) seem to think. His greatest insights are usually in some of his crudest and most off-putting poems. Other poems concern his writing process, what he sees in his seedy L.A. neighborhood, and his drinking.

    The humor in his poems sometimes stems from a "I can't believe he wrote that" sense of disbelief, but much of the time it comes from seeing such a flawed man bare his soul and write so fearlessly. He's a depressive sad sack who drives away women with his outrageous behavior ("I had resigned myself to dying alone in a small room"). Yes, some of his work is no more than simple potty humor, but at times, his lines are quite wise (e.g., "there is always one woman to save you from another").

    I strongly suggest that the prospective reader sample a few of his poems before purchasing a full collection. Also, I found it most effective to read in relatively small dribs and drabs. Too many of the poems in one sitting was a bit stultifying.

    This review is of the Kindle version. The text is formatted well and was very easy to read; I did not find any obvious errors. On the Kindle Fire, the Table of Contents includes a link to each poem, so you can immediately skip to your favorites.
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    Imagine if Hemingway was much cooler, more eloquent and insightful, grittier, dirtier, and wrote poetry. Bukowski may, in my opinion, be the best American poet. "the fools will win, but break like a horse out of the gate."
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  • Steve
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bukowski is pure entertainment
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    Great stuff...I'd put it a notch below "The Last Night of the Earth Poems"
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  • PoppyGabby12
    4.0 out of 5 stars (Somewhat) Delightfully Dark and Cynical
    Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
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    Bukowski’s poetry is dark and cynical in a way that I’ve yet to find elsewhere. I greatly enjoy his manner of writing and some of his poems have really sat with me. That being said, I have to be in a certain mood to read his work as some poems are extremely misogynistic and have certainly skewed my views of people/the world.
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    Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
    Bukowski’s poetry is dark and cynical in a way that I’ve yet to find elsewhere. I greatly enjoy his manner of writing and some of his poems have really sat with me. That being said, I have to be in a certain mood to read his work as some poems are extremely misogynistic and have certainly skewed my views of people/the world.
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  • RR
    5.0 out of 5 stars On point as always.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2024
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    One of my all time favorite books. Great read for the summer. Highly recommend.
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  • Matthew Zilic
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love Bukowski
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    I am happy with the purchase... although, I wish the listing stated every poem included.
    I was looking for a particular poem from that time range of this book... and a Google search stated it was in this book. Unfortunately it is not.
    Not a huge issue as I love bukowski...
    But, if the listing included the poem titles, I'd have purchased a different book. Now I have to order a different book to get that poem.
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  • Kim Beatrice
    5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT READ
    Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2023
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    If you like poetry and are dealing with stress from love, this book will validate your heartache. Bukowski is a genuis.
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  • quade
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bukowski paints his world.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2023
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    It's not often that I read a book in it's entirety on the same day that I receive it. But Bukowski's collection slowly painted his world before me and I couldn't stop until it was over.
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    Bukowski paints his world.

    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2023
    It's not often that I read a book in it's entirety on the same day that I receive it. But Bukowski's collection slowly painted his world before me and I couldn't stop until it was over.
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    Reviewed in Canada on November 29, 2023
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    Perfect condition and a great book
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    Theres a lovely quality to the pages and cover.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully human poetry
    Reviewed in Germany on October 20, 2024
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    Bukowsky is my hero.
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    Il vecchio Chinaski si ama o si odia.
    In ogni caso, in lingua originale, è sempre una poacevole lettura...
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