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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780060924584
ISBN: 0060924586
Label: HarperPerennial
Manufacturer: HarperPerennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: June 15, 1994
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Release Date: May 07, 1994
Sales Rank: 345621
Studio: HarperPerennial
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Product Description:
The best of Bukowski's novels, stories, and poems, this collection reads like an autobiography, relating the extraordinary story of his life and offering a sometimes harrowing, invariably exhilarating reading experience. A must for this counterculture idol's legion of fans.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - "I have found something that is going to help me, for a long long time to come."
I can think of several reasons to recommend this collection, and at least two to recommend staying away from it. Call it a five star review with warning labels.
John Martin, Bukowski's longtime editor, assembled this collection so that the subject matter is in chronological order, no matter what age Bukowski was when he wrote it. Since so much of his work is either memoir or thinly disguised stories from his life, the resulting effect, with its mixture of memoir, poetry, and fiction, ... Read More
Rating: - a book you can be proud to own
i gave this book as a gift once. to like a book enough to give it as a gift.. now that's something. if you appreciate being told the way it really is, you'll love bukowski.
Rating:  - a piece of history
The recording quality may not be absolutely perfect but the item captures Bukowski as he was, and adds significantly to the image one gets about his personality and his views from reading his, frequently repetitive books.
Rating: - A ragged edge through the consciousness
Bukowski is merciless. He can be quite cruel. He is a neutron bomb who destroys fantasy and make believe and leaves behind empty unadorned buildings. Like really rough scotch or bourbon, he can only be read in doses. In fact, his writing is an acquired taste. If don't want to see into the core reality of life, do not buy, let alone read his books. But if you are into honesty and courage and already know that no good deed ever goes unpunished, please enjoy. Bukowski's works are an affirmation of reality. ... Read More
Rating: - This book is mind-blowing and raw with emotion...just amazing
Some one gave this book to me to read highschool and the second I started reading it I was addicted. Now I'm in my late 20's and had to have it again.
Charles Bukowski takes you a trip that you soon won't forget. You will travel through a timeline that will have you anticipating what's next. The raw expression of life as depicted in his book made me want to become a writer.
Not only does he write a mean story he also has section filled with his poems, also amazing. You will not ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780060924584
ISBN: 0060924586
Label: HarperPerennial
Manufacturer: HarperPerennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: June 15, 1994
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Release Date: May 07, 1994
Sales Rank: 345621
Studio: HarperPerennial