Ham on Rye
Introduction by Roddy Doyle
(Sprache: Englisch)
Legendary barfly Charles Bukowski's fourth novel, first published in 1982, is probably the most autobiographical and moving of all his books, dealing in particular with his difficult relationship with his father and his early childhood in LA. Ham on Rye...
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Legendary barfly Charles Bukowski's fourth novel, first published in 1982, is probably the most autobiographical and moving of all his books, dealing in particular with his difficult relationship with his father and his early childhood in LA. Ham on Rye follows the path of Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alcoholism. The novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by the Depression and takes the Chinaski legend up to the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Arguably Bukowski's finest novel.
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"Bukowski has created in "Ham on Rye" a deeply incisive and semi-autobiographical account of Henry Chinaski and his turbulent life. A must read" "GQ". Introduction by Roddy Doyle.
Autoren-Porträt von Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski, geb. am 16. August 1920 in Andernach, lebte seit seinem zweiten Lebensjahr in Los Angeles. Nach Jobs als Tankwart, Schlachthof- und Hafenarbeiter begann er zu schreiben und veröffentlichte weit über 40 Prosa- und Lyrikbände. Charles Bukowski starb am 9. März 1994 in San Pedro/L.A.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Charles Bukowski
- 2001, New ed., XII, 318 Seiten, Maße: 12,7 x 20,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Canongate Books
- ISBN-10: 1841951633
- ISBN-13: 9781841951638
Sprache:
Englisch
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* Very funny, very sad, and despite its self-congratulatory tone, honest in most of the right places. In many ways, Bukowski may have been the perfect writer to describe post-war southern California - a land of wide, flat spaces with nothing worth seeing, so you might as well vanish into yourself. In an age of conformity, Bukowski wrote about the people nobody wanted to be: the ugly, the selfish, the lonely, the mad. The Observer * Sometimes funny and always sad, Ham on Rye is written in an admirably hard, bare, vivid style. It offers grim insights into the construction of masculinity and American life between the wars. Doyle's introduction is excellent. Times Literary Supplement * Both powerful and, where appropriate, extremely funny. Sunday Telegraph * The largely autobiographical Ham On Rye is also suprisingly reflective, humane, tremendously evocative and absorbingly readable. The Times
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