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Charles Bukowski

Born

in Andernach, Germany

August 16, 1920

Died

March 09, 1994

Website

http://bukowski.net

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary, Poetry

Influences

John Fante, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Knut Hamsun, Ernest Hemingway ...more

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Henry Charles Bukowski (born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.It is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books

Charles Bukowski was the only child of an American soldier and a German mother. At the age of three, he came with his family to the United States and grew up in Los Angeles. He attended Los Angeles City College from 1939 to 1941, then left school and moved to ...more

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Charles Bukowski’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 819,555 ratings · 46,235 reviews · 848 distinct works • Similar authors

	Post Office 3.93 avg rating — 139,257 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ham on Rye 4.14 avg rating — 118,624 ratings — published 1982 — 160 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women 3.80 avg rating — 86,272 ratings — published 1978 — 187 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Factotum 3.92 avg rating — 75,884 ratings — published 1975 — 137 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pulp: Charles Bukowski's Final Hardboiled Noir Comedy – Lady Death, Aliens, and the Absurd 3.67 avg rating — 44,165 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Is a Dog from Hell 3.95 avg rating — 38,771 ratings — published 1977 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski, Gail Chiarrello (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 30,764 ratings — published 1983 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollywood 3.81 avg rating — 27,603 ratings — published 1989 — 126 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes of a Dirty Old Man 3.91 avg rating — 26,034 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense 4.17 avg rating — 19,199 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Charles Bukowski

The Last Night of the Earth Poems (2 books)
by

Charles Bukowski,

Avi Pardo (Translator)

4.02 avg rating — 55 ratings

What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire (2 books)
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Quotes by Charles Bukowski (?)

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: humor

22511 likes

“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

13393 likes

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: atheism, religion

8909 likes

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Mayıs 2020 - Modern Klasik Okuması

Mayıs ayında grupla birlikte hangi kitabı okumak istersiniz?

Ekmek Arası - Charles Bukowski, 1982, 224 sayfa

47 votes 70.1%

Vadim O Kadar Yeşildi Ki - Richard Llewellyn, 1939, 638 sayfa

20 votes 29.9%

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