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Women: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
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Women: A Novel (original 1978; edition 2007)

by Charles Bukowski

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Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova.

With all of Bukowski's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 follow-up to Post Office and Factotum is an uncompromising account of life on the edge.

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Title:Women: A Novel
Authors:Charles Bukowski
Info:Ecco (2007), Paperback, 304 pages
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Women by Charles Bukowski (1978)

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Welp.

I finally finished it.

My guess is this one of the most realistic books about people relationship. It feels kind of weird at first. Almost horrific. Of course there is some repulsion. But I know this is as close to reality as it gets. This book is not about women, it is about perception of women. Specifically about perception of women by man. Brutally honest. Borderlining on disgusting. But... there is something else. I feel that in modern world this book could either spark a great debate or kill it completely. Honesty was never pleasant anyway.

I will never read anything by that author again. ( )
  WorkLastDay | Dec 17, 2023 |
His writing reminded me so much of Henry Miller. ( )
  harishwriter | Oct 12, 2023 |
My review of this is here: Sex, Booze and Poetry: A review of Bukowski’s "Women". ( )
  qaphsiel | Feb 20, 2023 |
A lungo andare l'ho trovato parecchio ripetitivo. Ma ora capisco da dove viene il personaggio Hank Moody della serie tv Californication, peraltro un pivello se paragonato a Bukowski. :) ( )
  L3landG4unt | Oct 11, 2022 |
Despite how garish the story was, it was enjoyable to read mi liked his no-bullshit style. He went straight to the point. Even when writing about a character that is sad and lonely and somewhat pathetic, he was kind of likable. Or maybe even understandable. ( )
  Hiwot.Abebe | Sep 28, 2020 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Bukowski, Charlesprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Berlanga, JorgeTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Caramella, MarisaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ekholm, RaunoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Janssen, SusanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Luís, FernandoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Matthieussent, BriceTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Piňos, TomášTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"Many a good man has been put under the bridge by a woman."

-HENRY CHINASKI
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I was 50 years old and hadn't been to bed with a woman for four years. I had no women friends. I looked at them as I passed them on the streets or wherever I saw them, but I looked at them without yearning and with a sense of futility.
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Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova.

With all of Bukowski's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 follow-up to Post Office and Factotum is an uncompromising account of life on the edge.

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