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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, and is available in both countries
in paperback (Canongate ISBN 978 1 84195 897 2; Grove edition ISBN
0-8021-3697-4).
Additionally, Locked in the Arms of a Crazy
Life has
been, or is in the process of being, translated for publication
in these countries (publisher's details in brackets):
- 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)
- 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)
- Sweden (Härnqvists bokförlag, ISBN: 91-974905-4-7)
- Turkey (Parantez, ISBN: 975-8441-20-5).
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