His menial post office day job supports a life of beer, onenight stands and racetracks. One of charles bukowski s best, this beersoaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer henry chinaski across world war ii. In the late 1950s, bukowski returned to writing, churning out copious amounts of poetry and prose while supporting himself with mindnumbing clerical work in the post office. Post office is bukowskis first novel and sets the style for his later books. The story follows his experiences at the post office, weaving them together with his accounts of romantic affairs, sexual encounters, drinking, and. Henry chinaski is a lowlife loser with a handtomouth existence. He realizes that one and the same god created the wolf and the lamb, then smiled, seeing that his work was good. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read post office. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 208 pages and is available in paperback format. Charles bukowski project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The first edition of the novel was published in 1971, and was written by charles bukowski. Post office bukowski, charles ebook epub con drm ibs. Although racist, incredibly misogynistic and generally prejudiced to anyone including himself, this is an honest look at the tedium of work.
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The new edition is augmented with an anecdotal introduction by the modern welsh cultliterary author, niall griffiths a writer who was working in a british post office when he first read bukowski s post. The first edition of this novel was published in 1971, and was written by charles bukowski. A bukowski sampler 1969 the days run away like wild horses over the hills 1969 fire station 1970 post office 1971 mockingbird wish me luck 1972 erections, ejaculations, exhibitions and general tales of ordinary madness 1972 me and your sometimes love poems 1972 while the music played 1973 south of no north 1973. A novel by charles bukowski read online on bookmate.
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Pdf post office book by charles bukowski free download 208. He was born in 1920 in andernach, germany, to an american soldier father and a german mother, a. Post office didnt hit me with quite the same knockout punch as factotum, but it still carried quite a heft all the same. Post office, charles bukowski post office is the first novel written by charles bukowski, published in 1971 when he was 50 years old. With all of bukowskis trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 followup to post office and factotum is an uncompromising account of life on epub the edge. This acclaimed book by charles bukowski is available at in several formats for your ereader. Pdf post office book by charles bukowski free download. Charles bukowski is one of americas bestknown contemporary writers of poetry and prose and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. In the authors own unique style, he writes what is a semiautobiographical account based on his own experiences working at mundane jobs with the united states post office. A classic of american literature, it offers powerful insight into his youth through the prism of his alterego henry chinaski, who grew up to be the legendary hank chinaski of post office and factotum. It was christmas season and i learned from the drunk up on the hill, who did the trick every christmas, that they would hire damned near anybody, and so i went and the next thing i knew i had this leather sack on my back and was hiking around at my leisure. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mudsoaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the daytoday trials of. Mar 21, 2012 bukowski was not a handsome man, you might say he was damned ugly, on top of that he was a drunk, a mean drunk, and when he was younger, a barroom brawler, who would want to whip your ass, if you.
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