Charles Bukowski

"Inspired by D.H. Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate, extreme and has attracted a cult following, while his life was as weird and wild as the tales he wrote. This collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark, dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that Bukowski inhabited. From prostitutes to classical music, Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture in his 'tales of ordinary madness'. These are angry yet tender, humorous and haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles."

Tales of Ordinary Madness

With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground—people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his time . . . a madman, a recluse, a lover . . . tender, vicious . . . never the same . . . these are exceptional stories that come pounding out of his violent and depraved life . . . horrible and holy, you cannot read them and ever come away the same again. Bukowski . . . "a professional disturber of the peace . . . laureate of Los Angeles netherworld [writes with] crazy romantic insistence that losers are less phony than winners, and with an angry compassion for the lost." —Jack Kroll, Newsweek "Bukowski’s poems are extraordinarily vivid and often bitterly funny observations of people living on the very edge of oblivion. His poetry, in all it’s glorious simplicity, was accessible the way poetry seldom is – a testament to his genius." —Nick Burton, PIF Magazine Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) published his first story when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. His first book of poetry was published in 1959; he went on to publish more than forty-five books of poetry and prose, including books published by City Lights Publishers such as Notes of a Dirty Old Man, More Notes of a Dirty Old Man, The Most Beautiful Woman in Town, Tales of Ordinary Madness, Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook, Absence of the Hero and The Bell Tolls for No One.

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Brutal. High points for low lives. Trades and tricks tickling at the underbelly of Los Angeles. 

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Primeiro estranha-se, depois entranha-se… Usando um cliché, algo tão pouco digno (mesmo se apropriado) para uma obra destas. Assim é a escrita de Bukowski em ‘Tales of Ordinary Madness’. Primeiro um WTF e, depois, um UAU. Aprofundando…

Este é um conjunto de contos cujos temas passam pelas banalidades da vida quotidiana. Um escritor, um jogador inveterado, um alcoólico, um poeta, um inconformista, um frustrado, um verdadeiro proscrito da sociedade… ou vários. As suas acções, os comportamentos, pensamentos e atitudes. Cada personagem, cada vislumbre de humanidade, cada banalidade, cada acto corriqueiro transforma-se numa história. Cenas cuja autenticidade as eleva a algo mais, retratam uma realidade decepcionante, são verdadeiros exemplos da mentalidade humana.(...)

“children’s games, that’s all people play: children’s games – they go from the cunt to the grave without ever being touched by the horror of life.” Charles Bukowski ‘Tales of Ordinary Madness’ 

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