Charles Bukowski: Women, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Women
- With an introduction by Barry Miles
- Publisher:
- Transworld Publ. Ltd UK, 01/2009
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, B-format paperback
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780753518144
- Item number:
- 2135411
- Volume:
- 320 Pages
- Ausgabe:
- überarb. Aufl.
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2009
- Weight:
- 230 g
- Format:
- 198 x 128 mm
- Thickness:
- 25 mm
- Release date:
- 8.1.2009
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Short description
The bestselling classic novel repackaged with an introduction by Barry Miles, author of the definitive Bukowski biography
Description
YOU CAN TAKE THE MAN OUT OF THE GUTTER, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE GUTTER OUT OF THE MAN
Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. Now, at the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova. Women is a riotous and uncompromisingly vivid account of life on the edge.
Review
"
1A poem about love and pain. - Los Angeles Times
2A laureate of American low life. - Time
3One of those writers whom each new reader discovers with a transgressive thrill - New Yorker
4The ultimate Bukowski novel, packed with hilarious episodes - Uncut
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Blurb
During his lifetime Bukowski published more than forty-five books of poetry and prose including the novels Post Office (1971) and Factotum (1975). He is one of America's most distinctive writers and a voice for both the outsider and low life Americana.
Biography
Charles Bukowski, geb. am 16. August 1920 in Andernach, lebte seit seinem zweiten Lebensjahr in Los Angeles. Nach Jobs als Tankwart, Schlachthof- und Hafenarbeiter begann er zu schreiben und veröffentlichte weit über 40 Prosa- und Lyrikbände. Charles Bukowski starb am 9. März 1994 in San Pedro/L.A.
