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Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (original 1967; edition 1972)

by Charles Bukowski

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Title:Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness
Authors:Charles Bukowski
Info:City Lights Books (1972), Edition: First Edition, Paperback
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Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (Bukowski Stories) by Charles Bukowski (1967)

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Éste es el primer libro que se publicó en España de un autor entonces desconocido, Charles Bukowski, que alcanzó de inmediato gran popularidad. Se ha comparado a Bukowski con Henry Miller y Hemingway, con Célice y Artaud, con Charlie Parker y W. C. Fields, y en pocos años pasó de escritor «maldito» a leyenda viviente. Los relatos aquí reunidos parecen extraídos de las tripas ulcerosas de su narrador, escritos entre ataques de delirium tremens, orgías y fantasías alcohólicas, utilizando el crudo lenguaje de la calle, de la escoria, de la basura, como nadie lo había hecho. Crónicas brutalmente divertidas de la pesadilla yanqui, del «desierto de neón» tan exentas de hipocresía, tan auténticas, que hacen estremecer. Apostamos a que el lector de este libro estará de acuerdo con la receta de Neil Baldwin: «Tomar una porción de Hemingway, añadir una dosis de humor (del que Hemingway extrañamente carece, mientras Bukowski es un virtuoso), mezclar con un puñado de hojas de afeitar y varios litros de vino barato, luego una o dos gotas de ironía, agitar bien y leerlo al final de la noche: así tendrá el auténtico sabor Bukowski».
  Natt90 | Jul 20, 2022 |
Este es el primer libro que se publicó en España de un autor entonces desconocido, Charles Bukowski, que alcanzó de inmediato gran popularidad. Se ha comparado a Bukowski con Henry Miller y Hemingway, con Céline y Artaud, con Charlie Parker y W.C. Fields, y en poco años pasó de escritor "maldito" a leyenda viviente.
Los relatos aquí reunidos parecen extraídos de las tripas ulcerosas de su narrador, escritos entre ataques de delirium tremens, orgías y fantasías alcohólicas, utilizando el crudo lenguaje de la calle, de la escoria, de la basura, como nadie lo había hecho. Crónicas brutalmente divertidas de la pesadilla yanqui, del "desierto de neón", tan exentas de hipocresía, tan auténticas, que hacen estremecer.
  Daniel464 | Jul 7, 2022 |
Poeta dell'eccesso, Bukowski porta alta la bandiera di un anticonformismo californiano che ha una lunga storia alle spalle. Se in "Compagno di sbronze", forse più che altrove, la vena satirico-umoristica dell'autore assume talora coloriture selvagge o addiritture feroci, ciò consegue dal rilievo conferito all'atmosfera alienante di Los Angeles. Ma anche in questi racconti il vitalismo sfrenato, la scelta provocatoria dell'emarginazione e della provvisorietà, la sessualità eternamente in furore sono tanti sberleffi contro il perbenismo conformista, del quale qui si occupa opportunamente l'"Agenzia Soddisfatti e Rimborsati". In fondo al Sunset Boulevard, Charles Bukowski, il 'folle', il 'fallito', salda il conto con il Sogno Americano. ( )
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'Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (Bukowski Stories)' was the original incarnation of a work that was later published as two separate books: The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and Tales of Ordinary Madness. The book Tales of Ordinary Madness only contains the second half of the original, while The Most Beautiful Woman in Town contains the first.
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Poeta dell'eccesso, Bukowski porta alta la bandiera di un anticonformismo californiano che ha una lunga storia alle spalle. Se in "Compagno di sbronze", forse più che altrove, la vena satirico-umoristica dell'autore assume talora coloriture selvagge o addiritture feroci, ciò consegue dal rilievo conferito all'atmosfera alienante di Los Angeles. Ma anche in questi racconti il vitalismo sfrenato, la scelta provocatoria dell'emarginazione e della provvisorietà, la sessualità eternamente in furore sono tanti sberleffi contro il perbenismo conformista, del quale qui si occupa opportunamente l'"Agenzia Soddisfatti e Rimborsati". In fondo al Sunset Boulevard, Charles Bukowski, il 'folle', il 'fallito', salda il conto con il Sogno Americano.
Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness was the original incarnation of a work that was later published as two separate books. This original collection contains 64 short stories. Later publications split the collection into 'The Most Beautiful Woman in Town' and 'Tales of Ordinary Madness'. The book Tales of Ordinary Madness only contains the second half of the original, while The Most Beautiful Woman in Town contains the first.
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