On writing
Charles Bukowski was one of our most iconoclastic, raw and riveting writers, one whose stories, poems and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. This book collects Bukowski's reflections and ruminations on the craft he dedicated his life to. Piercing, unsentimental and often hilarious, this book is filled not only with memorable lines but also with the author's trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace, pathos and intimacy. In the previously unpublished letters to editors, …
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- Full title :On writing / Charles Bukowski ; edited by Abel Debritto
Summary
Charles Bukowski was one of our most iconoclastic, raw and riveting writers, one whose stories, poems and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. This book collects Bukowski's reflections and ruminations on the craft he dedicated his life to. Piercing, unsentimental and often hilarious, this book is filled not only with memorable lines but also with the author's trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace, pathos and intimacy. In the previously unpublished letters to editors, friends and fellow writers collected here, Bukowski is brutally frank about the drudgery of work and uncompromising when it comes to the absurdities of life and of art
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- Publication Date:2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Canongate
- Place of Publication:Edinburgh
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 216 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1782117229, 9781782117223
- oclc:ocn939552269
- LC Classification:PS3552.U4
- Dewey Decimal:816.54
Subjects
Writers
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