Hi there
I wondered if Bukowski's european origins (German, to be specific) had an impact on his view of the American society, even if he lived the most of his life in USA.
I hope I don t make myself a fool while asking this, but it is something I often wondered, as he never fitted the image of the 'great american writer' (I hope you see what i mean, not that he wasn't a great us writer, but it is a formula we have learned to depict the us writers who tried to ingrain their works in History ) or even of the american dream.
I hope I made myself clear :o
I wondered if Bukowski's european origins (German, to be specific) had an impact on his view of the American society, even if he lived the most of his life in USA.
I hope I don t make myself a fool while asking this, but it is something I often wondered, as he never fitted the image of the 'great american writer' (I hope you see what i mean, not that he wasn't a great us writer, but it is a formula we have learned to depict the us writers who tried to ingrain their works in History ) or even of the american dream.
I hope I made myself clear :o