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Title: Open All Night: New Poems by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 1-57423-135-9 Publisher: Black Sparrow Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Truly poetic
Comment: Bukowski was the master of the personal detail. In these poems, released after his death, he examines his life with a drunken smile. He digs out the most significant moments of his life at the race track, among old friends, writing at night, listening to classical music, thinking about old girlfriends, and his childhood. He has a knack for mentioning the moments that matter, and leaving out the details that distract you from the point he's making. Every poem is good. This is one of his best books.
The poems are arranged in four sections. As you read, you realize that there's an underlying theme for each section. The first section, for example, is about burying the past. Each poem adds a thin layer to the theme until you feel it. It's quite an experience because it's so unpretentious --- he seems to be telling stories without any connection, but eventually you get the deeper story on your own.
I highly recommend this book. If you haven't read Bukowski's poetry before, this is a good place to start. Long-time fans will find this one a little flat, simply because it doesn't do anything new. They've heard all of these tales before. (But repetition was one of Bukowski's most endearing traits. He used it instead of a formal writing style.) So try Open All Night. You'll be pleased.
Rating: 3
Summary: Maybe I'm just new to Buk, but its just ok
Comment: This book had some intersting stuff and it was better in the beginning than in the end. This is the first thing i've ever read by him and i know some people who are really into his poetry, so that's why I picked up one of them from the library. Most of it .... Every once in a while a good poem comes up but most of it is choppy and reptitive and boring. I should have started with a different one.
Rating: 4
Summary: Dear publisher- a small effort please!
Comment: Since this is a posthumous volume of poems I would expect some explanations or introduction from the publisher or someone else, like was this book prepared by Bukowski at the time of his death, if not why were these poems put in and not the others, when were the poems written or published, it's not enough to say between 1970 and 1990... etc...
As for the poems, Bukowski is always great, but I wouldnt recommend this book to Buk's beginner's, they should start by "War All the time" or "The days run away ...", "Septuagenarian stew" and some others before buying this one. It's more for completists, and I guess there are a few of us out there in the wilderness.
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Title: The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps: New Poems by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 1574231650 Publisher: Black Sparrow Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain : New Poems by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0060577010 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 23 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way : new poems by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0060527358 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993 by Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne ISBN: 0941543374 Publisher: Sun Dog Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses over the Hills by Charles Bukowski ISBN: 0876850050 Publisher: Black Sparrow Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1980 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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