Книги автора Bukowski Charles
Название: Das Liebesleben der Hyäne
Жанр: DTV
Год: 2009
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Henry Chinaski ist auf Erfolgskurs. Man reißt sich um ihn als Autor, die Damen geben sich in seiner Wohnung buchstäblich die Klinke in die Hand: Zuerst Lilly, danach DeeDee und immer wieder Lydia. Nicht zu vergessen Mindy, und natürlich Katherine … Niemand hat den Männlichkeitswahn mit seinem ganzen Elend so auf den Punkt gebracht wie Bukowski. Man lacht und empfindet zugleich Sympathie für diesen Verrückten, dessen Bedürfnisse scheinbar so einseitig sind und der doch ständig an seinen Ansprüchen scheitert.
Название: Ham on Rye
Жанр: Canongate
Год: 2001
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Legendary barfly Charles Bukowski's fourth novel, first published in 1982, is probably the most autobiographical and moving of all his books, dealing in particular with his difficult relationship with his father and his early childhood in LA. Ham on Rye follows the path of Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alcoholism. The novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by the Depression and takes the Chinaski legend up to the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Arguably Bukowski's finest novel.
Название: Hollywood
Жанр: Canongate
Год: 2007
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Bukowski's alter ego, Henry Chinaski, returns, revelling in his eternal penchant for booze, women and horse-racing as he makes the precarious journey from poet to screenwriter. Based on Bukowski's experiences when working on the film Barfly, the absurdity and egotism of the film industry are laid bare in this deadpan, touching and funny glimpse into the endless negotiations and back-stabbings of La-la land. Hollywood is an irreverent Roman a clef that serves up the beating heart of Hollywood with razor-sharp humour.
Название: The Pleasures of the Damned
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2008
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Features top-selected works by the late iconic counterculture poet as written throughout his later years, in a volume that includes the last of his previously unpublished pieces.
Название: Storie di ordinaria follia
Жанр: Feltrinelli
Год: 2013
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La biografia di Bukowski include due tentativi di lavorare come impiegato, dimissioni dal «posto fisso» a cinquant'anni suonati, «per non uscire di senno del tutto» e vari divorzi. Questi scarsi elementi ricorrono con insistenza nella narrativa di Bukowski, più un romanzo a disordinate puntate che non racconti a sé, dove si alternano e si mischiano a personaggi ed eventi di fantasia. «Rispetto alla tradizione letteraria americana si sente che Bukowski realizza uno scarto, ed è uno scarto significativo», ha scritto Beniamino Placido su «La Repubblica», aggiungendo: «in questa scrittura molto «letteraria», ripetitiva, sostanzialmente prevedibile, Bukowski fa irruzione con una cosa nuova. La cosa nuova è lui stesso, Charles Bukowski. Lui che ha cinquant'anni, le tasche vuote, lo stomaco devastato, il sesso perennemente in furore; lui che soffre di emorragie e di insonnia; lui che ama il vecchio Hemingway; lui che passa le giornate cercando di racimolare qualche vincita alle corse dei cavalli; lui che ci sta per salutare adesso perché ha visto una gonna sollevarsi sulle gambe di una donna, lì su quella panchina del parco. Lui, Charles Bukowski, «forse un genio, forse un barbone». «Charles Bukowski, detto gambe d'elefante, il fallito», perché questi racconti sono sempre, rigorosamente in prima persona. E in presa diretta». Un pazzo innamorato beffardo, tenero, cinico, i cui racconti scaturiscono da esperienze dure, pagate tutte di persona, senza comodi alibi sociali e senza falsi pudori.
Название: Factotum
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2006
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One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next. Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. «Factotum» is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski.
Название: Post Office
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2007
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»It began as a mistake». By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel — the one that catapulted its author to national fame — is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski.
