Shakespeare Never Did This [Paperback]

Charles Bukowski (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Black Sparrow (1998)
• ASIN: B001AH5M8C
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bukowski at play in Europe..., May 28, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Shakespeare Never Did This (Hardcover)

Shakespeare Never Did This is the full account of Bukowski's
literary trip to France and Germany. Michael Montfort
accompanied him and adds some terrific photos.
Full desriptions of interviews, readings and parties are
included in this interesting autobiographical notebook.
Montfort's photos capture the mysterious essence of the poet
as he travels Europe as the "Ugly American". Bukowski comes
close to the same brilliance found in Ham On Rye as he visits
his birthplace in Germany. In a haunting dialog he contrasts
his Uncle's views of his father with the frightening images
from Bukowski's past. Included are about a dozen poems
written during his trip, some of which will interest
any Bukowski fan, and the photos help round out our idea of
the enigmatic writer. While this is not fiction, it is an
honest account of an interesting journey. Bukowski
fluxuates from relative obscurity in France to immense
popularity in Hamburg Germany, where he reads to crowds of
thousands. This book is a must for the Bukowski fans
who wants to see more of what Charles Bukowski was
really like. Both the honesty of Montfort's camera and the
straightforward style of Bukowski's prose help achieve this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars add it to your buk collection, November 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Shakespeare Never Did This (Paperback)

Beautifully written by the master with wonderful black and white photos to match re Buk's trip to Europe. He gets kicked off a French tv station for drunken behavior and also visits his place of birth: Hamburg, Germany. Who could ask for more? Nice job all around. Love the title.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars read these pictures carefully, January 16, 2001

By 

99 I Love You "dabman" (Vista, CA. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shakespeare Never Did This (Hardcover)

here, and nowhere else is the edge between life (read madness) (screaming late at night alone in the bathroom about toads and death, until his girlfriend brings him to bed, and not remembering it in the morning) and art this thin. ever. if you are curious about these things hold this up to the light like a black and white negative and regard it carefully.