Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (Paperback)

by Charles Bukowski (Author)

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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).

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Ecco (May 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876851383
• ISBN-13: 978-0876851388
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #345,802 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Bukowski, March 25, 1999

By A Customer

This collection, along with Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame and The Roominhouse Madrigals is absolutely essential to anyone who loves Buk's poetry. I agree with the reader who loves "The Mockingbird," but there are others in this volume I like even better. "if we take" may be my favorite Bukowski poem ever. Another great one is "the world's greatest loser." And then, of course, there's "WWII." And the list could go on and on. There is just so much wonderful stuff here. . .

Bukowski rules in heaven and on earth.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Bukowski's Best, April 19, 1997

By A Customer

"Mockingbird Wish Me Luck" is Bukowski at the height of his powers. This title contains my favorite Bukwoski poem of all time, "The Mockingbird." This is an essential volume for all Bukowski lovers, and for any lover of modern poetry

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bukowski...poet, January 30, 2003

By	Matthew P. Arsenault (SW Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Charles Bukowski had a rare gift. He could make desperation beautiful. He could make hate and pain beautiful. Bukowski had a magic way of twisting emotions into poems of unimaginable shapes. Each poetic flash serving as a portal into one man's interpretation of life. And that, I think, impresses me most about Bukowski. There is no pretension. His work... simply is. Mocking Bird came out in 1979 and some readers commented that B. was going soft. What they fail to realize is that people evolve. Bukowski was still Bukowski, but perhaps his poet eyes began to see some different shades of gray. And we certainly can't fault him for that. .