Chuck Buk is good. That is all.
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| Author: | Alex [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Literature: Bukowski |
Bought Post Office.. this is the first Bukowski I've ever read. Am I missing something? I like it, but it seems to be lacking in something. I'm not aware of how much praise he got for being a writer.. was he celebrated? If anything, I can see where Palanhiuk gets his style. |
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| Author: | Orpheus [ Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Literature: Bukowski |
Stephen wrote: Am I missing something? I like it, but it seems to be lacking in something. I'm not aware of how much praise he got for being a writer.. was he celebrated?
I've never read Post Office, but I know what you mean when you say Bukowski seems to be "lacking something". Most of his work has a certain spareness and lack of embellishment that makes it almost uncomfortable at first. My only advice is to read further. Also, you may want to read Ham On Rye next. I think it's semi-autobiographical, and gives a lot of insight into Bukowski. I'd also reccomend his poetry collection Dangling in the Tournedefortia. |
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| Author: | Iago [ Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:56 am ] |
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Chuck Buk is good. That is all.
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| Author: | Alex [ Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:02 am ] |
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Is Post Office autobiographical? If so, what a prick. 
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| Author: | Orpheus [ Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:12 am ] |
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Stephen wrote: Is Post Office autobiographical?
If so, what a prick. Never read it, but he's a sonufabitch in Ham On Rye too. |
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| Author: | thodoks [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Literature: Bukowski |
argo thread |
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| Author: | Alex [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Literature: Bukowski |
mischief: vanity search upheaval |
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| Author: | The Argonaut [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Literature: Bukowski |
I liked Post Office quite a bit. The guy was certainly a prick, but not more than I could handle. Women was over the top, though. That guy was too much of a prick for me to enjoy reading about him. He was beyond prick. He was evil. |
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| Author: | zeb [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Literature: Bukowski |
Good writer. |
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| Author: | Orpheus [ Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Literature: Bukowski |
Pretty much every book is great. My favorites are Post Office, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, and The People Look Like Flowers at Last. |
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