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The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993 |
by: Charles Bukowski
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780061228445
ISBN: 0061228443
Label: Ecco
Manufacturer: Ecco
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: December 01, 2008
Publisher: Ecco
Release Date: December 02, 2008
Studio: Ecco
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Product Description:
To his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was—and remains—the quintessential counterculture icon. A hard-drinking wild man of literature and a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he wrote unflinchingly about booze, work, and women, in raw, street-tough poems whose truth has struck a chord with generations of readers.
Edited by John Martin, the legendary publisher of Black Sparrow Press and a close friend of Bukowski's, The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection of the best works from Bukowski's long poetic career, including the last of his never-before-collected poems. Celebrating the full range of the poet's extra-ordinary and surprising sensibility, and his uncompromising linguistic brilliance, these poems cover a rich lifetime of experiences and speak to Bukowski's "immense intelligence, the caring heart that saw through the sham of our pretenses and had pity on our human condition" (The New York Quarterly). The Pleasures of the Damned is an astonishing poetic treasure trove, essential reading for both longtime fans and those just discovering this unique and legendary American voice.
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- Great collection of course but...considering the NY Times touts this as the "definitive volume of Bukowski's poems", it's a pity John Martin, as a man who really knew Buk, didn't take the opportunity to offer some commentary or at least give some background information on individual poems (even easy reference to what year they were originally published would have been appreciated).
Having said that, you can't get much these days for around 12 bucks, but for that price this book could give you years of enjoyment! And probably ... Read More
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- DisappointingFor a guy who's published as many books of poetry as Bukowski has, a large book of selected poems sounds like an excellent idea: a "greatest hits" type collection for casual fans to buy; a single place to get all his best poems. And this book could have been that, save the editing. First of all, over half of the poems selected were published after Bukowski died. They obviously were not what he considered to be his strongest works, they were leftovers. I understand that he had a lot of good leftover poems, ... Read More
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- Henry Chinaski's Greatest Writings Ever Conceived.These poems have to be the most entertaining and creative poems Bukowski wrote. Drab and dullness are never portrayed in these writings. His outlook towards women, writing, drinking, politics, people and the city of LA and all his experiences are summed up well in this book.
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- Bukowski CollectionI've long been a fan of Bukowski and it's nice to have such a large collection at my fingertips. It's nice to read some of the old poems, one more time. He was a classic.
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- Great for those new to Bukowskithis book is great for what it is intended for. A look at Bukowski in a sort of encyclopedic form. Bukowski is very real and heartfelt but in the most simplest blunt fashion and I mean that to be very appreciative.
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