hi! i started going through c.b.'s work over a month ago. before that i had only read pulp when my friend recommended it to me. to be honest all i remember from pulp is drinking, celine, and aliens(?). i read it during my lunch breaks when i was working at a cemetery, and it was fun! however, i didn't feel an uncontrollable urge to seek out more bukowski or anything, mostly since from what i'd heard about him, he just seemed like an a-hole in the same mostly harmless way a lot of the men in my family are, so why read him if i could just call up my dad.
finally started going through his bibliography, and my instincts were right, BUUUT i've been having a lot of fun putting myself in the shoes of someone who doesn't really think like me but still feels extremely familiar. it's like i'm getting a behind-the-scenes into the thought processes of people i've met who i didn't really 'get'. i think i'm similar to him in nature but nurture sets us apart. the only book i've disliked so far has been women - felt too repetitive and didn't have enough charm for me to be as forgiving. lack of charm is a literary sin to me.
i started hollywood today while home with an infection because i needed a distraction from the sting of the alsol+alcohol-soaked compress that's on my wound (i think saline would've been a fine alternative, the ER nurse probably just didn't like me). it feels very different from the other stuff i've read, more docile. didn't like it at first but now i think it's sweet! we'll see how i feel about it when i finish reading it and watching barfly.
i've only read the prose so far but i'm going to start with the poetry once i'm done hollywood, love is a dog from hell to begin with. saw a lot of poor reviews of it on goodreads, but i don't really trust goodreads reviews, a lot of the people on there are insane. is there any specific mindset/perspective i should go into it with that would maximize my enjoyment?
miscellaneous info about me: i'm in my 20s, from sweden, surprisingly not an alcohol, love post-punk, and i have 2 identical posters of susan sarandon nearly topless in my room watching me write this.
finally started going through his bibliography, and my instincts were right, BUUUT i've been having a lot of fun putting myself in the shoes of someone who doesn't really think like me but still feels extremely familiar. it's like i'm getting a behind-the-scenes into the thought processes of people i've met who i didn't really 'get'. i think i'm similar to him in nature but nurture sets us apart. the only book i've disliked so far has been women - felt too repetitive and didn't have enough charm for me to be as forgiving. lack of charm is a literary sin to me.
i started hollywood today while home with an infection because i needed a distraction from the sting of the alsol+alcohol-soaked compress that's on my wound (i think saline would've been a fine alternative, the ER nurse probably just didn't like me). it feels very different from the other stuff i've read, more docile. didn't like it at first but now i think it's sweet! we'll see how i feel about it when i finish reading it and watching barfly.
i've only read the prose so far but i'm going to start with the poetry once i'm done hollywood, love is a dog from hell to begin with. saw a lot of poor reviews of it on goodreads, but i don't really trust goodreads reviews, a lot of the people on there are insane. is there any specific mindset/perspective i should go into it with that would maximize my enjoyment?
miscellaneous info about me: i'm in my 20s, from sweden, surprisingly not an alcohol, love post-punk, and i have 2 identical posters of susan sarandon nearly topless in my room watching me write this.
