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A review by mistercrow
All My Cats by Bohumil Hrabal
5.0
This is a very brutally honest writings of the author and his days with his cats.
TRIGGER WARNING:
Not for the light-hearted as it does go into deaths of these cats too. It’s hard to read at times but I love the honesty of this book.
I think that a lot of people pick this book up expecting a T.S Eliot style of heartwarming stories about his cats when that most people don’t understand is that these are Hrabal’s diary writings in Czech in the 80s.
I think that people don’t seem to understand that in the east (and in some countries today) of Europe, there’s a culture/practice of committing felincide, and that this book is no exception to that.
It’s very frustrating to read one star reviews from people who do not understand this. THAT, and the author is wracked with guilt over his decision to do these things. That he isn’t interested in doing it and that taking your dogs/cats fixed was not a common thing during this time!!
The author clearly loved his cats; of all animals and that this is the harsh reality of the world he lived in.
With this in mind, do not read if you’ll find it difficult because of the killings of cats.
TRIGGER WARNING:
Not for the light-hearted as it does go into deaths of these cats too. It’s hard to read at times but I love the honesty of this book.
I think that a lot of people pick this book up expecting a T.S Eliot style of heartwarming stories about his cats when that most people don’t understand is that these are Hrabal’s diary writings in Czech in the 80s.
I think that people don’t seem to understand that in the east (and in some countries today) of Europe, there’s a culture/practice of committing felincide, and that this book is no exception to that.
It’s very frustrating to read one star reviews from people who do not understand this. THAT, and the author is wracked with guilt over his decision to do these things. That he isn’t interested in doing it and that taking your dogs/cats fixed was not a common thing during this time!!
The author clearly loved his cats; of all animals and that this is the harsh reality of the world he lived in.
With this in mind, do not read if you’ll find it difficult because of the killings of cats.