Título: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Autor: Charles Bukowski
Sinopse: A compilation of Charles Bukowski's underground articles from his column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" appears here in book form. Bukowski's reasoning for self-describing himself as a 'dirty old man' rings true in this book.
"People come to my door—too many of them really—and knock to tell me Notes of a Dirty Old Man turns them on. A bum off the road brings in a gypsy and his wife and we talk . . . . drink half the night. A long distance operator from Newburgh, N.Y. sends me money. She wants me to give up drinking beer and to eat well. I hear from a madman who calls himself 'King Arthur' and lives on Vine Street in Hollywood and wants to help me write my column. A doctor comes to my door: 'I read your column and think I can help you. I used to be a psychiatrist.' I send him away . . ."
"Bukowski writes like a latter-day Celine, a wise fool talking straight from the gut about the futility and beauty of life . . ." —Publishers Weekly
"These disjointed stories gives us a glimpse into the brilliant and highly disturbed mind of a man who will drink anything, hump anything and say anything without the slightest tinge of embarassment, shame or remorse. It's actually pretty hard not to like the guy after reading a few of these semi-ranting short stories." —Greg Davidson, curiculummag.com
Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany on August 16, 1920, the only child of an American soldier and a German mother. Bukowski published his first story when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. His first book of poetry was published in 1959; he went on to publish more than forty-five books of poetry and prose, including Pulp (Black Sparrow, 1994), Screams from the Balcony: Selected Letters 1960-1970 (1993), and The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992). Other Bukowski books published by City Lights Publishers include More Notes of a Dirty Old Man, The Most Beautiful Woman in Town, Tales of Ordinary Madness, Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook, and Absence of the Hero. He died of leukemia in San Pedro on March 9, 1994.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Notes of a Dirty Old Man”, de Charles Bukowski, publicado pela editora City Lights Publishers, em 2001 e com 204 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: City Lights Publishers
Páginas: 204
Ano: 2001-01-01
Edição: 2nd revised
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0872860744
ISBN13: 9780872860742
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora City Lights Publishers trazem uma experiência de leitura marcada por uma forte presença da contracultura e da experimentação literária, frequentemente ambientada em contextos históricos ou urbanos densos, como a Los Angeles pós-guerra ou as florestas da América do Sul. O catálogo revela obras que transitam entre narrativas pessoais, memórias, e reflexões políticas ou sociais, com um tom que pode variar do lírico e poético ao crítico e satírico. Muitas obras exploram temas como identidade, marginalidade e resistência, com uma linguagem que ora é direta e contundente, ora mais fragmentada e associativa, remetendo a movimentos literários como a geração Beat. City Lights Publishers também publica textos que investigam questões raciais, ambientais e culturais, com ritmo que pode ser tanto meditativo quanto urgente.
