Dangling in the Tournefortia [Paperback]

Charles Bukowski (Author), b/w port photo / dec t.p. (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 281 pages
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press; Ninth Printing edition (1981)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00201RAKA
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,180,531 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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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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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.