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    BUK and CHRISTMAS!

    Buk hated Christmas, for sure. Maybe partly because he had no family and how he could celebrate christmas all alone in cheap rented room...
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    What makes Bukowski so unique?

    Well, the film "Born into this" is full of his former wifes, publishers and lovers. And it is DOCUMENTARY film. Made in 2004, with intention to collect memories of people conected with Bukowski before they leave this world because of age. My picture of Buk was same before and after...
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    What makes Bukowski so unique?

    Bukowski said that 95% of his writing is real life and 5% is pure fiction. What is the proper way to understand this statement? In "Born into this" you have interview with postal clerk who worked with Buk, same time same place, and is mentioned in "Post-office" under the name "Tom Moto"...
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    What makes Bukowski so unique?

    It is very rare almost unique that writer describes all his life in his books. Like Buk did it. Let's see: "Ham on ray" - events from early childhood until he left parents home in 1941 "Factotum" - his jobs all around USA from 1941 until steady job in post-office in 1955...
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    What makes Bukowski so unique?

    It is ok with me but I realy love to see quotations of good old Buk. Interpretations never can be good as the real (original) thing. For example , in "Hollywood" Buk wrote that despite all weird and crazy things he done he always stayed normal. Maybe not quite UNIQUE but rare and for...
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    What makes Bukowski so unique?

    In "Born into this" John Martin when they asked him how he decided to publish Bukowski answered that he felt that in 1970's will be audience for Buk. Buk's style (practicly) is the same in 1944 and 1970 and in 1990 but public was not ready to accept him in 1940's. Also, unique about...
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    What makes Bukowski so unique?

    Immidiately after WWII was not good climate in literature to publish Bukowski. But when the beatnicks show up and hippy-movement and r'n'r was all around in full strength ,then it became possible to publish him. And Buk became famous at the age of 50+ , with stories from his life...
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    Alcoholism - why didn't it destroy Bukowski?

    Anyway , it is amazing that someone who drinks heavily for decades can reach age of 74 , like Bukowski did it. Plus , he didn't care about healthy diet or exercises and he was smoker, so it is realy miracle how he survived so long. Does anyone knows how old were his parents when they died?
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    Wikipedia stats

    There is this sentence in that article :"One critic has described Bukowski's fiction as a "detailed depiction of a certain taboo male fantasy: the uninhibited bachelor, slobby, anti-social, and utterly free"" and it bothers me so much, because always think:Is it all only about this(certain taboo...
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    Reading Buk while depressed?

    If someone is in deep trouble and depressed and reads Buk, than Buk tells:" I've been in even worse situations and look at me, I survived thanks to humor and rational thinking and little bit of poetry..."
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    Why do you like Bukowski?

    Buk is FREE of lies, false authorities, false values, dis honest games and of fear. And most important : Buk always looked on naked truth with open eyes even when the thruth was ugly , unpleasant, stinky and painfull. When it was too much for him , he escaped for a while with bottle and...
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    Bukowski's father at the art museum

    Slimedog, you are excellent witness.Do you know if Buk' s father was poor or middle class and he wanted to be rich? Suffered he was not ? He left house to his son and Buk sold it for 7000$, was it descent sum of money back in 1958? Buk always claimed in his novels lack of money and suddenly -...
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    Bukowski's father at the art museum

    Buk Jr. said in his stories that when his father died , he left house to some woman he lived with for few weeks. Like , father left him nothing, cause of hate. As, you can see in Timeline, in real life , father left him house. Somehow, it gives new look on Buk Sr. who didn't give house to some...
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    Why do you like Bukowski?

    I buy only books of great writers, Shekspeare, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov,Aristotle etc. But I bought all Bukowski books (novels ,stories). Maybe Bukowski will be considered as a cllasic two hundred years from now because of his quality? Why I like him: -he use simple language to explain...
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    Why do you like Bukowski?

    Why do you like Bukowski? What is "the best" in his writing? He says important things in simple way? He gives hope for people on bottom or something else...
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