Run with the Hunted: The Charles Bukowski Reader.

Bukowski, Charles.

ISBN 10: 0060169117 / ISBN 13: 9780060169114

Published by Harper Collins, New York, 1993

About this Item

A Near Fine tight copy with previous owner name and some toning to the edge of the text block in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. This comprehensive collection of Charles Bukowski' writings was compiled and edited by Bukowski's long time editor John Martin. Martin weaves together the best of Buk's novels, short stories and poems into a chronological story of the writer's life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Run with the Hunted: The Charles Bukowski Reader.
• Publisher: Harper Collins, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060169117
• ISBN 13: 9780060169114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing of the First US Edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Charles Bukowski

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Synopsis

The first anthology of the author's autobiographical novels, stories, and poems is organized chronologically to chronicle the life of this counterculture hero. By the author of Post Office. National ad/promo.

Reviews

From recollections of early childhood in Germany and L.A. in the '20s to the unflinching reflections of a grizzled septuagenarian, the stunning directness and infamous "bad attitude" of Bukowski's autobiographical poetry and fiction are as captivating as they are repugnant. Faithfully anthologized here by his longtime editor and arranged in chronological order, these excerpts from more than 20 of Bukowski's published books chronicle--both explicitly and through several recurring personas--the major events of the author's life: childhood, the Depression and WW II, the deaths of parents and lovers, his experience in Hollywood, illness and old age. Bukowski's signature themes are also present: the racetrack, drinking, violence, women, sex and, of course, writing. Set in some half-dozen big cities, and several grim hinterlands in between, they depict protagonists listlessly careening through unusual jobs, seedy bars and squalid apartments where they are observed in fierce lovers' quarrels or in solitary debauch with just some booze and a typewriter. All are rendered with great immediacy, disturbing candor and Bukowski's singular blend of cynicism, misanthropy and unexpected sentimentality. While devotees may prefer the original volumes in their entirety, this is an effective primer for the uninitiated, or a refresher for past readers who, incredibly, have managed to forget.
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