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Women

by Charles Bukowski

1978•Drama•304 pages

Taste attributes: dramasexcomedyfresh & originalunsavouryenclosedself destruction/implosiontroubled leadscomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeMorally murky and intimate: a novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.7 / 5

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About This Book

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaSexComedySelf destruction/implosionTroubled leadsComplex relationship

Subjects

Man-woman relationshipsMan-woman relationships in fictionAlcoholics in fictionAlcoholicsUnited statesBlack Sparrow press. 1978

Details

Author
Charles Bukowski
Published
1978
Pages
304
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