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South of No North: Stories of the Buried Life Paperback – Illustrated, May 31, 2002

by Charles Bukowski (Author)

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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 : 7.4 ounces
Paperback : 194 pages
ISBN-10 : 0876851898
ISBN-13 : 978-0876851890
Product Dimensions : 5.51 x 0.49 x 8.9 inches
Publisher : Ecco (May 31, 2002)
Language: : English

Best-sellers rank #423,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Michael Roof

Straight forward and rough - Bukowski x 2

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2020

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This was the last of Bukowski's prose that I had left to read. These stories are all prime Bukowski, though some are a bit more graphic than his novels, if that's even possible. I'm a huge Bukowski fan. I'll miss reading new stuff.

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Bernard Chapin

Man, I Miss this Guy!

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2011

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South of No North is a collection of short stories as uneven and mercurial as Charles Bukowski himself. I breezed through his six novels years ago and find myself missing his voice as a narrator so I think I'll go through his short story collections now. His work on aggregate--sometimes bad, often great--inspires and entertains. The stories here are no exception. Many are not memorable, but the excellence of "The Devil Was Hot," "Guts," "A Shipping Clerk with a Red Nose," and "This is What Killed Dylan Thomas" merit a 5-Star rating. These tales are very humorous stories and full of life. They'll make you laugh and admire the honesty of old Hank. A lot of the themes developed are bare bones versions of plots that later appear in his novels. South of No North is a must have for any fans of the Great Buk!

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Jerrod

A classic

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2020

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You won’t find a better book of short stories anywhere, particularly if you’re a Bukowski fan. Dirty stories, funny stories...it’s all here. Some real classics to grab off the shelf for a little entertainment anytime you need it.

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Keith Nichols

Aspiring writers, read and heed.

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2004

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Not all of Bukowski's enormous output of poetry is of equally high quality, but I've yet to read a Bukowski short story that wasn't well crafted. Whatever your attitude toward his subject matter and apparent philosophy of life, you must respect his lean and evocative prose style. Anyone trying to write should acquire his skill at conveying everything needed with the minimum of words. This is a trait shared by most good writing, and it can be acquired through practice. The first step is to know exactly what it is you want to tell.
If good writing can be learned, then why aren't we all renowned authors? That's where talent comes aboard, and talent is what showed Bukowski the universal and engaging elements around him and let him express them effectively via fictional and autobiographical characters.

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Zardoz

Not Charles bukowski's best

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020

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Love Charles Bukowski. This is not his best work by far. Read post office if you want to see Charles Bukowski at the height of his form.

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M.P. Arsenault

Voice of Skid Row

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2001

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Bukowski captures the essence of skid row. He is the voice of those who have given up on society, and maybe on themselves. This is an intersting take. These forgoton masses are usually kept silent, and often oppressed by labels...drunk, bum, trash. But through his writing, Bukowski has shown that these people which society deems worthless, are actually people with souls, hopes, and dreams. These hopes and dreams may not always be within the mores of society, but they are hopes and dreams nontheless. Bukowski brought a picture of those select people out of the gutter, and into the minds of main stream society.

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1dirtymouth

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2018

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Changed my life as a young man. Now I’m old and it’s still great

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David S Farrar

A little repetitious... But classic Bukowski.

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2017

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I like almost anything by Bukowski, but I especially like the stories in which he can laugh at himself. This is my review. There and nowhere Else

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unexpected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2020

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Assumed this would be a direct sequel to Post Office but Henry Chinaski appears only in a few of these collected short stories. Still a very enjoyable read.

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Dave

The King of Prose

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2013

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Some of the most striking, powerful, and down-trodded prose you're ever likely to read. Memorising and maniacal in equal measure. One or two shorts show the influence of Fante's work in a way that's beautifull evolutionary.

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Fred

Consumerism

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2015

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Am tired to write reviews for
People to buy. I'd like to write reviews for people who love literature. If you love literature, buy this book.

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I. Barbe-Brown

Brace yourself

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2013

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Beautiful cover, amazing title. So that's good.

Charles Bukowski is obviously a very talented writer, but reading a whole book crammed full of depressing, drunken, violent and sexually explicit short stories was a little tough going. Don't get me wrong, there are more than a few gems, but by the end I was left a little dead inside.

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Tiago Nogueira

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2016

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Good price.

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S. Kruse

little treasures

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2010

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Nothing can beat Bukowskis novels, but this little book of short stories still has much to delight fans. Usual mix if the funny and the poignant with just the right amount of drunken insanity.

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Marco

Good one!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2016

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Another masterpiece! higly suggested but only for navigate Bukowsky reader :-)

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Gary

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2015

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Bukowski cheers me up.

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Robert

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2014

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Like all Bukowski books - if you can read it and relate, then this is another piece of genius.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2016

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great

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Raj singh arora

He is the greatest poet of the centuary for me personally

Reviewed in India on December 6, 2017

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I recently ordered this from Amazon.
This Book Blew me away..... He is the greatest poet of the centuary for me personally...... He is the only writer I read everyday for the last 5 years. But his short stories, now that is another genre that I had no idea till i started reading this book as to how good he was in the short story medium ( I read only one story a day to saviour it ) It made me realise that along with his Poems and Novels he is a champion in the Short Story Department too.

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Rashmi Walia

... sir after reading his quotes but the book is like a journal

Reviewed in India on June 18, 2018

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I turned into a fan of Charles Bukowski sir after reading his quotes but the book is like a journal.. aimlessly written. done with only 2 stories yet. no motivation to read further.

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Beatrice Maude

EXCELLENT, ENTERTAINING, YET MOVING AND DEEPLY PERSONAL

Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2017

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You can't go wrong with a collection of Charles Bukowski's short stories. Thoroughly enjoyable. Classic Buk: he moves me, he angers me, he disgusts me, he makes me laugh, he does it all. That's why he remains my favourite writer.

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la Eli

È in inglese

Reviewed in Italy on May 25, 2019

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Regalo x una persona che ama leggere il Bukowski . Penso lo abbia apprezzato. Servizio Amazon impeccabile

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