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Anonymous Mon Feb 25 14:30:29 2013 No.3506090 [Reply] [Original]

I just finished reading Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski and I really liked it. I liked the gritty realism and dark humor. Obviously I going to read more of his books, but do you guys have any recommendations for other authors that I might like?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 25 14:31:28 2013 No.3506095 Oh God, I just realized I'm a fucking moron and can't type. Take mercy on me.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 25 14:34:28 2013 No.3506110 Hunter S. Thompson Jack Kerouac William S. Burroughs Allen Ginsberg You'll get sick of them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 25 14:36:29 2013 No.3506115 >for other authors that I might like? -Louis Ferdinand Celine -John Jeremiah Sullivan -Hunter S. Thompson -Henry Miller -A.C. Weisbecker -Knut Hamsun -John Fante

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 25 14:36:29 2013 No.3506118 >>3506110 I could see that. Do you speak from experience?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 25 14:38:28 2013 No.3506123 >>3506118 Most go through the phase.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 25 14:42:28 2013 No.3506138 >>3506123 Get the fuck out of here you pretentious cunt.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 25 17:05:28 2013 No.3506537 Charles Bukowski is realism for juveniles.

Anonymous Mon Feb 25 17:09:28 2013 No.3506551

>>3506537
He wrote in the 'realism' category independent of who read him. As it happens, his fan base is a mixed selection of ages - as evidenced by the Bukowski forums - and actually seem to have the most prominent readership in their 40's.

I guess that working class lifestyle, redundancy, multiple employment, alcoholism, unsatisfactory life, mid-life reflection is something that juveniles cant really relate too.

Anonymous Mon Feb 25 17:15:28 2013 No.3506568

>>3506551
Unless you were raised by people who lived that kind of life. I can't relate to the mid-life reflection aspect but I was raised in horse racing tracks, surrounded by older adults who smoked too much and never amounted to anything. I had my first drink when I was about five; saw fighting, drug ODs, and a lot of other nice things too.

When I encountered Bukowski it was great because I knew these people. Then I felt sad and moved on to other things.

>>	Bullkowski !!DDFKjfJhPl/ Mon Feb 25 18:41:59 2013 No.3506804 >>3506090 >have any recommendations for other authors that I might like? Yeah, people who can actually write.

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