En las novelas de Charles Bukowski los protagonistas son casi siempre alcohólicos y prostitutas vagas que de una frenética sociedad estadounidense viven separados. De opinión personal, como ya se mencionó en otras ocasiones, leer un libro o una docena de libros no hace mucha diferencia. El poeta novelista estadounidense o se desprecia o se convierte en un ídolo y desde el primer libro el lector comienza a amarlo.

In 1939, Bukowski began attending Los Angeles City College, dropping out at the beginning of World War II and moving to New York to become a writer. The next few years were spent writing and traveling and collecting numerous rejection slips. By 1946 Bukowski had decided to give up his writing aspirations, embarking on a ten-year binge that took him across the country. Ending up near death in Los Angeles, Bukowski started writing again, though he would continue to drink and cultivate his reputation as a hard-living poet. He did not begin his professional writing career until the age of thirty-five, and like other contemporaries, began by publishing in underground newspapers, especially in local papers such as Open City and the L.A. Free Press.“Published by small, underground presses and ephemeral mimeographed little magazines,” described Jay Dougherty in Contemporary Novelists,“Bukowski has gained popularity, in a sense, through word of mouth.”“The main character in his poems and short stories, which are largely autobiographical, is usually a down-and-out writer [Henry Chinaski] who spends his time working at marginal jobs (and getting fired from them), getting drunk and making love with a succession of bimbos and floozies,” related Ciotti. “Otherwise, he hangs out with fellow losers—whores, pimps, alcoholics, drifters.” About Bukowski, you are right, I got the names mixed up, there's a Joe Blanchard and a Martin Blanchard, it flew below the radar. I guess I agree with you: he's not my cup of tea at all, I've been reading his work for a few weeks, wondering why he's regarded a cult author, wondering where's the big deal. since the death of Thurber the New Yorker has been wandering like a dead bat among the ice-cave hangovers of the Chinese red guard. meaning, they’ve had it.”Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 2, 1974, Volume 5, 1976, Volume 9, 1978, Volume 41, 1987, Volume 82, 1994. I am halfway through this short story collection, and noticed a few things which I'd like to clarify. Library Journal, July, 1999, William Gargan, review of Reach for the Sun: Selected Letters, 1978-1994, p. 89. El texto recoge una mezcla de historias que se combinan perfectamente entre la ira probada y el malestar circundante. En consecuencia, dentro de una compañía estadounidense que buscaba éxito después de una crisis visceral en la que el autor mismo vivío, el intelecto de Bukowski que mejor encarnó fue lo de un poeta que por medio de la literatura estadounidense cuenta el ambiente subterráneo americano. I dont really care what part is real and what part is made up as long as I have a feeling the author is honest. You can enjoy reading Lord of the Rings, you know it's all fantasy but you feel the author introduced the fact in a reliable way.

I don't consider myself a fan of Charles Bukowski. In fact, I'd daresay that he's one of the most overhyped American authors ever, second only to Raymond Carver in that respect.

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Booklist, February 15, 1993, p. 1010; January 15, 1994, p. 893; May 15, 1996, p. 1563; May 15, 1998, Mike Tribby, review of The Captain Is out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship, p. 1587; December 15, 1999, review of What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk through the Fire, p. 752; December 1, 2000, Ray Olson, review of Open All Night: New Poems, p. 689. outside were the parked cars, and the people walking around. none of them read poetry, talked poetry, wrote poetry. for once the masses looked very reasonable to me.” Bookwatch, July, 1998, review of The Captain Is out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship, p. 1. But what I find hard to swallow, is the repetitive term of "honest" to describe Bukowski's work. Honest about what, exactly? Imagine for a second you found out that Anna Franks journal was a less autobiographical work than we have thought until now, and there was more fiction in there...yeah, she was in Holland during the Nazi occupation, but she spent her time in the local cinema watching movies and eating popcorn. Wouldnt you feel somewhat cheated? This collection of stories was once part of the 1972 City Lights classic, Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. That book was later split into two volumes and republished: The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and, this book, Tales of Ordinary Madness.

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Since I love this collection, and this forum is filled with experts, I was just wondering if anyone could shed light on my questions to satisfy my love of Buk lore and trivia. Thanks in advance.