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The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Paperback – May 31, 2002

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The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses is a book of poems written by Charles Bukowski for Jane, his first love. These poems explore a more emotional side to Charles Bukowski.

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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 1920 in Andernach, Germany, to an American soldier father and a German mother, and brought to the United States at the age of two. He was raised in Los Angeles and lived there for over fifty years. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

Abel Debritto, a former Fulbright scholar and current Marie Curie fellow, works in the digital humanities. He is the author of Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground, and the editor of the Bukowski collections On Writing, On Cats, and On Love.

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Item Weight : 8.3 ounces
Paperback : 210 pages
ISBN-10 : 0876850050
ISBN-13 : 978-0876850053
Product Dimensions : 6 x 0.52 x 9 inches
Publisher : Ecco (May 31, 2002)
Language: : English

Best-sellers rank #128,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#654 in American Poetry (Books)

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Lil Submarinee

Cheaper edition quality subtracts from reading experience

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2016

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I had a copy of this before and gave it to one of my friends; when I got to college I started to miss reading Bukowski so I ordered this and was upset that cover is a sort of cheap glossy paper, whereas my old copy had a nicer cover like the Black Sparrow editions. Still, the poems are funny and heartfelt and I'm glad to have a copy of this book again.

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Edmundo Mora

The glimpse of a great life history

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2015

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I think this book had a little tiny glimpse of an emotional part of Bukowski, there's a few words in a few poems, you can notice, what he used to feel about Jane. Every great artist had a muse.

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e e leclaire

poems

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2018

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nikkiyvette

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2020

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This was one of my favorite bukowski books because he explored different subjects and themes, but still kept his bukowski style. I enjoyed it.

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Valerie

Loved it!!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2014

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I wish I could have married this great poet. Charles Bukowski is a genius ! Besides " love is a dog from hell" this book is one of the greatest I have read from Bukowski so far. He just gets under my skin and his poetry is a Gateway to many great things and possinilities for the mind to desire and achieve in life.

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Maryann

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2017

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Arrived in good condition!

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Thomas Dunnam

One of Bukowski's Main Collections Written, Edited and Published While He Was Still Alive

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2016

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I really like early Bukowski, so this collection does it for me.

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William

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2018

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Great book.

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Rimsby

Excellent Collection

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2012

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I've bought many books off Amazon in the past but have only felt compelled to leave a review for this particular item. Prior to this, I'd read a few Bukowski books (namely Ham on Rye, Post Office, Tales of Ordinary Madness, Pleasures of the Lost and Damned) and flicked through a few of his other books that a friend owns (Pulp, You Get So Alone at Times that it Just Makes Sense). Usually, I prefer novels or short stories to poems but this collection is excellent.

It has everything you'd expect from Bukowski. The writing is, in the main, simple but powerful in an efficient way. For me, Buk's main strength as a writer was the uncanny knack he had of describing the rawest of emotions in such few words and it is prevalent throughout this work.

I almost comment on the book itself, it's a beautiful print. Dare I say the print is almost elegant? I also ordered South of No North at the same time as this book and that is the same print.

All-in-all, it's an excellent product. If you're a Bukowski fan, I'd urge you to buy this as I'm sure you'll enjoy it. If you've never read him, I'd recommend this as a good starting point (or maybe Ham on Rye if you prefer novels to poetry).

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Dr. Edward J. Swan

A great poet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2012

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I [[ASIN:0876850050 The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills] I have always loved poetry, and when I was young, read an enormous amount by poets from all over the world. But then I stopped for about 20 years. I don't know why. Maybe it had lost its freshness for me, or I found it too disconnected from daily living. Then I discovered Charles Bukowski. It was like a bucket of cold water thrown in my face to wake me up. Here is a narrative poet, in the tradition of Homer, who writes so vividly about his own life that you can feel it, taste it, smell it, laugh and cry over it. His poetry is gritty, dirty, and sometimes obscene, but always real. And beautiful.

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A. P. I. Twiddy

A tonic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2018

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Forget all self help books. Bukowski had helped me get through life. His humor and acute observations are wonderful!

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Fully as described

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2020

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2018

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Great book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2017

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Great book for cheap but a bit grubby.

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Bukowski - Wild horses couldn't ..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2013

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Better enjoy Bukowski's humor and sarcasm sitting down rather than on horseback... Always love his poetry, rather better than his novels. Cannot go wrong with Bukowksi if you can appreciate his raunchy style and sarcasm.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2017

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Bought as a gift and the recipient loves it

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Fred

Not the best Bukowski book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2015

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If you want to read everything Bukowski has ever wrote, especially poetry, don't miss this book. However if you are looking for its best poetry book, it's not this one.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2016

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Harley Longley

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2015

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It's about time an author exposed us to reality rather than burying our heads in the Sand about matters, a little on the brutal side but who wants a boring author?

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2015

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Love the book!A must have for every generation

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Gritty, soft, moody, real and dreamlike all ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2016

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Gritty , soft, moody , real and dreamlike all at once.

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Evocative, wistful poetry, pure Americana

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2015

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Great, beautiful design and a poetry book you can get lost in. Very evocative

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2018

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Another great one by Bukowski.

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