Charles Bukowski - American author
(this thread is in the books-section, 'cause of its reference to 'Ham', maybe it should be in the 'things *not* Bukowski'-section, since the question aims at another author. Anyway ...)
In 'HAM ON RYE', chapter 35 (p.151f in my edition) Buk says about one of his first discoveries in the world of literature:
"I opened the book at random and began reading. It was about a man at a piano. How false it seemed at first. But I kept reading. The man at the piano was troubled. His mind was saying things. Dark and curious things. The lines on the page were pulled tight, like a man screaming, but not 'Joe, where are you?' More like Joe, where is anything? This Lawrence of the tight and bloody line. I had never been told about him. Why the secret? Why wasn't he advertised?"
Now my question:
Does ANY one know, what book or story that was? (and maybe even what chapter/page it is, Buk is referring to?) I'd be VERY interested in having a look at this!
Thank you a lot!
In 'HAM ON RYE', chapter 35 (p.151f in my edition) Buk says about one of his first discoveries in the world of literature:
"I opened the book at random and began reading. It was about a man at a piano. How false it seemed at first. But I kept reading. The man at the piano was troubled. His mind was saying things. Dark and curious things. The lines on the page were pulled tight, like a man screaming, but not 'Joe, where are you?' More like Joe, where is anything? This Lawrence of the tight and bloody line. I had never been told about him. Why the secret? Why wasn't he advertised?"
Now my question:
Does ANY one know, what book or story that was? (and maybe even what chapter/page it is, Buk is referring to?) I'd be VERY interested in having a look at this!
Thank you a lot!