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Where do I start with Bukowski?

>> No.18671400

Ham on Rye

>> No.18671411

Suicide. He's a pleb trash poet for commodified pleb trash readers.

>> No.18671422

>>18671400
I've heard that's his best work and I'm a firm believer that starting with an artist's best is a bad idea.

>> No.18671497

>>18671422
whatever helps you sleep at night

>> No.18671509

>>18671314
Jewkowski aka the John Fante of Reddit

>> No.18671535

>>18671497
I don't think you're using that phrase right.

>> No.18671568

>>18671535
Whatver help slep t niht

>> No.18671602

>>18671314
a motel toilet

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>>18671411
Found the risk averse nerd.

>> No.18671620

>>18671411
Even if you dislike him, experiencing outsider art is important to know what the outside is vs. the inside and why/how. The term 'outsider art' exists for a reason, and Bukowski is the greatest example of that in literature.

>> No.18671624

>>18671400
came to say this. i thought it was very funny. i was pretty young when i read it. maybe 16.

>> No.18671637

>>18671608
This is the exact type of thing im talking about. Esteban, you fix car, you no read real book. Bookowskee for you - Bookowskee hate lot work, but make you hate lot work too! Now read and get hate out system, then i see you next day! Nice tip for good job!

Don't you hate talking to these fucking faggots?

>> No.18671652

>>18671637
That's right! Don't read books because someone might make fun of you if you don't read an approved author.

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18671669

>>18671652
t. Gangrenous foot

>> No.18671679

>>18671669
Are you a bot? I don't even know what you're trying to say.

>> No.18671693

>>18671679
Fucking idiot

>> No.18671747

>>18671693
Please elaborate

>> No.18671785

>>18671747
>>18671679
>>18671652
Classic bukowskifags not understanding anything. Know your place and seethe at night so when you wash my window you're happy enough for me to be able to refrain an eyeroll at your poor greased up faggoty face

>> No.18671801

>>18671785
I'm not a bukowskifag, though. I have read nothing by him and was genuinely curious what I should read if I was interested in literary history. Why are you like this?

>> No.18671844

>>18671801
The last time my wife spoke to me before she drowned, she was holding a borrowed copy of ham on rye.
I could barely make it to the beach in time to put her under.

>> No.18671854

>>18671844
That one's actually really good. Keep it up and I'll be more than happy to give you more (you)s.

>> No.18671867

>>18671854
Reddit is calling you, lil nigga, why do you like shit books?

>> No.18671868

>>18671314
Start with Factotum and Post Office
He had a few insights on human nature.
But, ultimately, he was a degenerate piece of shit.

>> No.18671933

You don’t

>> No.18671961

Bukowski, Weil, and McCandless are the holy trinity of making mediocrities seethe.

>> No.18672063

at the pub

>> No.18672068

>>18671314
anything. you can pick up any bukowski and it will be enjoyable.

>> No.18672087

>>18671669
Based

>> No.18672147

>>18671422
It's different with Buk because all of his novels are basically autobiographical, and Ham on Rye is about his youth/adolescence. I started with Post Office and that was fine, but I would also recommend Rye as a starting point.