Dangling in the Tournefortia [Paperback]

Charles Bukowski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2002

Book description to come.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The American Writer
Another Day
At Vegas You Have To Put Up Two To Get One
Attack And Retreat
Bad Fix
Bad Press
Black And White Roach
Blue Collar Solitude
The Cats Too
Contemporary Literature, One
Culture
Dead Again
The Descent Of The Species
Do You Use A Notebook
Drying Out
Dummy
The Embracers
The Fast Life
Fasten Your Seat Belts
Fear And Madness
Fight On
The Film Makers
For The Little One
Fourteen Dollars And Thirty-two Cents
Free Coffee
A Gallon Of Gas
Genius
Getting My Money's Worth
Grace
Guava Tree
Guest
Hell Yes, I'll Go
Hello, Barbara
I Am A Reasonable Man
I Can't Stop
I Didn't Want To
Immortals
Independence Day
The Indian
It's Strange
Just Another Bad Affiar
Killer
Ladies' Man
The Lady In Red
Laid Up
Laugh
Let It Go
Let Nothing Ever Happen
The Lisp
A Little Sun
Love And Courage
The Man At The Piano
Maybe We'll See
Message
My Big Fling
The New Woman
Night School
No Chance In Pomona
Notes Upon A Hot Streak
Nothing
On Shooting
On The Hustle
One For Sherwood Anderson
Order
Out Of The Mainstream
Overt Population
Parked
Pick - 6
Platonic
A Poetry Reading
The Poets And The Foreman
Pretty Boy
Produced And Bottled By
Retreat
Rock
The Secret Of My Endurance
Sibelius And Etc
Sick
Silk
Slow Night
Smooth
Snap Snap
The Sniveler
The Stink
Suckerfish
Table For Two
Taking Care Of The Big Whammy
There Are Hecklers In Germany Too
They Ruin Your Day
Time Is Made To Be Wasted
Too Late
True Confession
Two Drunks
The Vampires
Virgins
War
We Both Knew Him
We Evolve
We've Got To Communicate
The Weather's Been Fair
Within My Own Madness
The Woman From Germany
Yeah, Man?
Yes
You Can Never Tell Who You're Going To Meet At Any Moment
Yrs., Anica
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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: 288 pages
• Publisher: Ecco (May 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876855257
• ISBN-13: 978-0876855256
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need a drinking buddy? read this., June 23, 2000

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"flavamartino" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dangling in the Tournefortia (Paperback)

Absolutely top drawer. Whenever i get worked up over paying bills, decorating a house, having the right career, blah blah blah. I turn to this book, pick a page and start reading. Some of the poetry is distilled meaning of life. Some would say a woman wouldn't like bukowski. Some probably wouldn't. To me he's like the print version of Tom Waits. Knows the meaning of life and drinks a beer to the struggle.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The essence of Bukowski as I see him, February 14, 2004

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Keith Nichols (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dangling in the tournefortia

The poems in this volume consistently present Bukowski as I've come to see him -- perceptive, self-deprecating, and frequently and unexpectedly funny as hell. There isn't really a bad or wasted line in here. This opinion is based on my knowledge of Bukowski derived from having read maybe 90 percent of his books. If you can have only one volume of Bukowski poetry, this should be it, in good part because it includes musings from his East Hollywood period and the affluent San Pedro days. In this regard, You may notice that Bukowski almost never mentions money or personal finances in his earlier work, but in San Pedro, mortgages, tax accountants, and the price of automobiles enter his view.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bukowski Made it Look Easy, November 27, 2004

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Daniel Olivas (West Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dangling in the Tournefortia (Paperback)

The biggest gripe I have against Charles Bukowski is that he made it look so easy. He's responsible for spawning thousands of second-rate immitators. I am no exception. Because I've spent some time in San Pedro, this collection in particular resonates with me since many of the poems come out of his stay in that harbor city. It's all here: women, booze, puking, classical music, barking dogs, war, annoying groupies, disasterous book readings, etc. If you were to choose one Bukowski book of poetry to read, this is it.