3.8
Dangling in the Tournefortia
“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter There is not a wasted word in Dangling in the Tournefortia, a selection of poems full of wit, struggles, perception, and simplicity. Charles Bukowski writes of women, gambling and booze while his words remain honest and pure. This collection delivers Bukowski at his most potent: Booze-Soaked Prose: Poems written from the bottom of a bottle, chronicling the lives of drunks, whores, and gamblers with an unflinching eye. Raw Honesty: Not a single wasted word. Bukowski cuts to the bone, finding a strange purity in the struggles of the everyday. The Underbelly of LA: From cheap apartments to the racetrack, experience the Los Angeles that postcards ignore, captured by its most famous and infamous poet laureate. Beat Generation Voice: A landmark collection from a legendary voice in American poetry who brought everybody down to earth—even the angels.
English & College SuccessEnglishBiography & AutobiographyPoetry
RELEASED2009
PUBLISHERHarperCollins
LENGTH288
LANGUAGEENGLISH
Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and 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. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."
3.8
Dangling in the Tournefortia
“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter There is not a wasted word in Dangling in the Tournefortia, a selection of poems full of wit, struggles, perception, and simplicity. Charles Bukowski writes of women, gambling and booze while his words remain honest and pure. This collection delivers Bukowski at his most potent: Booze-Soaked Prose: Poems written from the bottom of a bottle, chronicling the lives of drunks, whores, and gamblers with an unflinching eye. Raw Honesty: Not a single wasted word. Bukowski cuts to the bone, finding a strange purity in the struggles of the everyday. The Underbelly of LA: From cheap apartments to the racetrack, experience the Los Angeles that postcards ignore, captured by its most famous and infamous poet laureate. Beat Generation Voice: A landmark collection from a legendary voice in American poetry who brought everybody down to earth—even the angels.
English & College SuccessEnglishBiography & AutobiographyPoetry
RELEASED2009
PUBLISHERHarperCollins
LENGTH288
LANGUAGEENGLISH
Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and 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. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."
