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Title: Women by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0-87685-390-4 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: October, 1981 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.51 (72 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Read it with a beer!!
Comment: This was the first Bukowski book I ever read and the first novel I read on my own (without it being assigned for a class!) in a long time. A friend of mine had a couple of Buk's books lying around and this title intrigued me. I read the first page and I was hooked. It was a very easy and enjoyable read. I was surprised at how an author could be so hilarious, vulgar, and honest at the same time. I could easily relate to many of Chinaski's gripes with women and to his many (and I mean many!) drinking bouts. Although this might not be for everyone (especially the easily offended! Bukowski gets extremely graphic at times), those with an open mind and a sense of humor should find this book delightful.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tells it like it is!
Comment: The style of Bukowski's writing makes it very easy to read and get sucked into.
-Very short chapters keep you reading, saying "I'll just read one more." Chapters can be as short as half a page.
-Use of dialogue makes it seem as if Bukowski is having a conversation with the reader.
-This is not Ayn Rand, you don't need to sit through forty five pages of description on paint drying or grass growing. Action, no description push the story along.
Overall, this is a good introduction into the world of Bukowski. Make sure to catch "Post Office" and "Factotum," I may review them later, but considering that BUKOWSKI cannot be described in simple descriptions, you can probably use this opinion as a guide to all of his books. Read this book with an open mind and try to empathize with Chinaski and you will find it to be an enjoyable experience. Of recent, The Losers' Club by Richard Perez would be the only other book I'd recommend with Bukowski.
Rating: 5
Summary: Women, Love, Life...Bukowski Style!
Comment: For those of you who are interested in the writings of one of the best modern American writers, Bukowski is your only choice. This, much like all of Bukowski's books, is almost entirely auto-biographical. The name is Henry Chinaski, he was a postman, he was a gambler, and now he focuses on his lovelife in WOMEN.
It's hard to get into the actual content of this book because Bukowski's books don't follow plotlines and simple three act structures. This book is simply an incredibly detailed look into Bukowski's relationships with women. From a woman who is loaded with cash to a nymphomaniac who is very violent, to a woman that has his child and then ...I'll let you get to that.
He gives very intimate and explicit accounts of experience as well as his inability to maintain a regular relationship with a female. Critics view this as bad writing, but I find it to be a very good account of the human condition, the inability of many to remain monogamous and the attempts by many to change the people the love, or at least claim to love. This a great book. I agree with another reviewer who also recommended THE LOSERS' CLUB by Richard Perez. These 2 books are my favorite recent Amazon purchases!
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Title: Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0876855575 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: September, 1982 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Post Office by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0876850867 Publisher: Black Sparrow Press Pub. Date: October, 1981 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0872860744 Publisher: City Lights Books Pub. Date: June, 1981 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0876856830 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: December, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Factotum by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0876852630 Publisher: Black Sparrow Press Pub. Date: June, 1975 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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