War All the Time
by Charles Bukowski
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War All the Time is a selection of poetry from the early 1980s. Charles Bukowski shows that he is still as pure as ever but he has evolved into a slightly happier man that has found some fame and love. These poems show how he grapples with his past and future colliding.Tags
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Containing easily Bukowski's greatest horse race poem, "Horsemeat", War All The Time stands out in Bukowski's poetic constellation. The rest of the book is above-average and goes down nicely with Love Is A Dog From Hell and Last Night Of The Earth Poems. I would highly recommend this book for those new to Bukowski and those looking for the better part of his material.
Oh, to be 22 again and drunk all summer long...memories are made of this. And still I have tender feelings towards Bukowski.
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Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany, on August 16, 1920. He came to the United States with his parents when he was three years old and spent his early years in poverty. As a young man he was a transient, doing odd jobs. He lived most of his live in boarding houses in the Los Angeles area. He attended Los Angeles City College briefly. show more He worked for the United States Postal Service for about ten years. Bukowski was at home with street people and his work contains a brutal realism and graphic imagery. He began publishing short stories in the mid-1940s. Starting with Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail in 1959, he produced poetry collections almost once a year. His following had grown by the time his collection of poetry about down-and-outers titled It Catches My Heart in Its Hands appeared in 1963. His short story collections include Dirty Old Man and Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. His novels, with an autobiographical character called Henry Chinaski, include Post Office and Factotum. Bukowski wrote the screenplay for the 1987 motion picture Barfly. He later wrote about the filming of Barfly in his novel, Hollywood. Bukowski died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- War All the Time: Poems 1981-1984
- Original publication date
- 1984
- Dedication
- for Darrell Vienna
- First words
- I liked it coming out of that expensive cafe in Germany that rainy night
- Original language
- English US
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- 391
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
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- Languages
- English, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 6
