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CHARLES BUKOWSKI: LOCKED IN THE ARMS OF A CRAZY LIFE
'Wonderful.... An excellent book about a remarkable man.'
Ross Fortune, Time Out
Introduction
This is the acclaimed biography of the American poet, novelist and short story writer Charles
Bukowski (1920-94), who wrote more than fifty semi-autobiographical books
about his life in Los Angeles.
Bukowski is often misunderstood by those who do not know
his work. He is frequently labelled, dismissively, as a cult writer,
whereas
in fact he has a very large international readership. He is also
often considered a crude writer of dirty stories, whereas
in fact he was a highly original, elegant stylist whose poetry and
prose is witty, compassionate and wise.
An avid reader of Bukowski's books, Howard
Sounes spent
two years interviewing virtually everybody alive who knew the author
in order to compile this affectionate, but also insightful biography.
Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (the title being a quote from a Bukowski poem “one for the shoeshine man”) was published in 1998, by Canongate Books in the UK, and by Grove Press in the USA, as well as in translation in countries including:
- Brazil (Conrad Livros, ISBN: 85-87193-15-5)
- Croatia (Tridva Jedan, ISBN: 953-201-276-1)
- The Czech Republic (Pragma, ISBN: 80-7205-710-3)
- Estonia (Tänapäev, ISBN: 9985-62-162-X)
- France (La Rocher, ISBN: 978 2 268 064260)
- Israel (Astrolog, ISBN 418-365)
- Italy (Guanda, ISBN 88-8246-196-3; and TEA, ISBN: 88-502-0549-X)
- Japan (Kawade, ISBN: 4-309-20338-8)
- Poland (Twój Styl, ISBN 9985 62 162X)
- Sweden (Härnqvists bokförlag, ISBN: 91-974905-4-7)
- Turkey (Parantez, ISBN: 975-8441-20-5).
Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life is also available as an e-book.
Buy Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (in the UK) on Amazon.co.uk
Buy Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (in the USA) on Amazon.com
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