Charles Bukowski, Living On Luck: Selected Letters 1960s-1970s, Vol. 2 [Paperback]

Charles Bukowski (Author), Seamus Cooney (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 30, 2002

Book description to come.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Amazon.com Review

Look out L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E poets, Beats, and bad-boy= comedians. Bukowski was running the show long before you. He's the guy you either love to love or love to hate. Big-mouthed, bold and brassy as always, Bukowski lets loose in this eclectic collection of letters, poems and drawings. An excellent addition to his poetry, Bukowski's letters depict a male heart that looks like it's encased in black leather. Look again; it's red-blooded, warm and blatantly honest.

About the Author

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press; 1st edition (May 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876859813
• ISBN-13: 978-0876859810
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #558,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You Can't Help But Love Him, December 8, 1998

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This review is from: Charles Bukowski, Living On Luck: Selected Letters 1960s-1970s, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

To be honest, I still haven't finished this book. I keep it next to my bed for when I feel most alone. Try to keep the amounts I do read to a bare minimum because I never want it to end. This collection of letters captures so many sides of Buk: his business side, his harsh side; but also a great deal of his sensitive, sad, depressive-but-loving side, that is refreshing to see in any man, let alone one with such a weathered face. I just can't help but Love him.