Título: Open All Night: New Poems
Autor: Charles Bukowski
Sinopse: During his lifetime, Bukowski (1920-94) acquired a global following for his verse and prose depictions of down-and-outs, small-time gamblers and tormented, ambitious failures in his native Los Angeles. The confrontational post-Beat poet and novelist left behind a vast archive of manuscripts, from which this seventh posthumous book of verse has been drawn. The thick volume (like his other books) includes plenty of casual anecdotes, fiery catalogues of others' woes, and dejected musings on his own persistent drinking, sometime poverty, and mood swings. It includes, too, the off-color language and sexual escapades (some triumphant, most embarrassing) that have always ranked among Bukowski's attractions. His familiar world of "bums and heroes" in "tiny rooms" where "each meal was/ a miracle and/ the week's rent/ more so" comes to the fore quickly, and as usual, there's something to it. Heroes range from anonymous pals to Toulouse-Lautrec and Delmore Schwartz. Some poems examine Bukowski's problematic attitudes toward sex and romance: "no matter what woman I'm with," Bukowski declares in one such poem, "people ask me,/ are you still with her?" Bukowskian figures more typically find solace at racetracks, with whores, with liquor ("I drank and I drank and/ I drank in my room") and finally in writing, which lets them "kiss the sweet lips of this dirty/ world/ goodbye." Nobody will be converted to Bukowski by these verses, but that's hardly the point: like William Burroughs or Jim Morrison, Bukowski in death retains the tenacious (and mostly youthful) fan base he gathered in life. (Dec.) Forecast: Bukowski's books are perhaps best known among booksellers for the rate at which they are stolen. Black Sparrow has done well so far with each new salvo of Bukowskiana; there's no reason to think this book of poems will fall short of previous marks. (Booksellers might want to keep them behind the counter with a note tacked to the 'B' shelfAadds to the mystique.)
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Open All Night: New Poems”, de Charles Bukowski, publicado pela editora Ecco, em 2003 e com 363 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Ecco
Páginas: 363
Ano: 2003
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 1574231359
ISBN13: 9781574231359
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Ecco convidam o leitor a mergulhar em narrativas densas e multifacetadas, onde o conflito humano e a complexidade das relações familiares e sociais ganham destaque. A experiência de leitura frequentemente apresenta personagens marcados por traumas, crises pessoais ou dilemas éticos, em contextos que vão do cotidiano contemporâneo até cenários históricos ou fantásticos. O tom varia entre o lírico e o tenso, com ritmo que ora acelera em suspense, ora se detém em reflexões profundas, revelando uma preferência por textos que exploram a psicologia dos personagens e os impasses morais que enfrentam.
