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Bezig met laden... Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Lifedoor Howard Sounes
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A well researched, fond but honest biography of Charles Bukowski, who is one of 20th century American literature's most important writers. Sounes doesn't flinch from the truth of Bukowski's drinking and opinions on a range of topics, but he doesn't excoriate him either. Recommended if you're a fan of Bukowski's work. ( ) As much of Bukwski's fiction is autobiographical, some might wonder the point of retreading the same stories: the abuse by his father, his volatile relationships with women, his days slaving away in the post office. That's all here, but all the more is we get a rounded portrait of Bukowski the man, not the myth he cultivated for himself. The myth is not too far removed from the reality, Bukowski was an intensive drunk, and also a mean one, having alienated friends and done some downright mean things thanks to drink. He did slave at the post office, but he never worked in a slaughterhouse, or ride a boxcar. This biography is a balanced, multifaceted, and thorough enough account of a cultural icon. It might do well for Bukowski's readers to have such an account, if only in order to see how others perceived him, and how they felt he perceived them, rather than the oddball caricatures he made from them. Bukowski himself is the same oddball, here and in his own work. Mean, tender, emotional, intoxicated, and legendary. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"A lively portrait of American literature's 'Dirty Old Man'." --Library Journal A former postman and long-term alcoholic who did not become a full-time writer until middle age, Charles Bukowski was the author of autobiographical novels that captured the low life--including Post Office, Factotum, and Women--and made him a literary celebrity, with a major Hollywood film (Barfly) based on his life. Drawing on new interviews with virtually all of Bukowski's friends, family, and many lovers; unprecedented access to his private letters and unpublished writing; and commentary from Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Sean Penn, Mickey Rourke, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, R. Crumb, and Harry Dean Stanton, Howard Sounes has uncovered the extraordinary true story of the Dirty Old Man of American literature. Illustrated with drawings by Bukowski and over sixty photographs, Charles Bukowski is a must for Bukowski devotees and new readers alike. "Bukowski is one of those writers people remember more for the legend than for the work . . . but, as Howard Sounes shows in this exhaustively researched biography, it wasn't the whole story." --Los Angeles Times "Engaging . . . Adroit . . . revealing." --The New York Times Book Review "A must-read for anybody who is a fan of Bukowski's writing." --The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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