Cover art for You Get So Alone At Times
Published
Harper Collins, January 2018
ISBN
9780876856833
Format
Softcover, 320 pages
Dimensions
22.7cm × 14.9cm × 2cm

You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense by

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Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. The iconic tortured artist/everyman delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions.

"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."-Joyce Carol Oates

"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."-Leonard Cohen, songwriter

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