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Women A Novel Charles Bukowski Books

You'll either love Bukowski or hate him. His writing is raw and crass and often gross. I'm a gd feminist and have read every Bukowski book in print with the exception of a few of his poetry books. If you're offended easily or uptight or prim, his stuff is not for you. If you want to go through the day to day foulness of a foul man's life with him inside his head in the most extraordinarily written diary-style books then Bukowski is for you.


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Women A Novel Charles Bukowski Books Reviews

A classic. Lost my previous copy during a move and picked this up on a whim. Love the cover's style and the size of the paperback - funny thing to mention, but it's nice that I could throw this into a back-pack or work folder and read on the go. The cover really stands out on a bookshelf and just overall gives you that cool Bukowski vibe imo.

The actual story and author himself need no introduction, and this isn't a review of the actual novel's story or authorship. Both, of course, would be off the charts as far as ratings go...and if you've never been initiated into this world I highly recommend it. That said, 5 stars to the actual physical copy itself, quick shipping, and the selling vendor.
Charles Bukowski is an acquired taste and his work isn't something I would recommend to my girlfriend or mother. With that said, "Women" was probably the most entertaining novel I've experienced because of how easy it is to read and the honest humor. Charles lived the way life is meant to be lived in excess with no regard for the opinion of others or the consequences of his actions. Haha. Reading this book is like having a conversation with the man himself as he shares with you the many triumphs and fewer follies of his insatiable appetite for long legs and alcohol...a true connoisseur of women, he is always able to find something to adore in each woman he met and you get a sense that there were some who he truly wanted to care for--just not enough to be faithful because, unfortunately, God made too many good ones. Give this book a try. You won't believe how much fun you can have by yourself without looking at porn.
Let's start off by saying...Wow. This book was a rollercoaster!

I first heard of this book when I watched a behind the scenes documentary on one of my favorite shows, Californication. It was mentioned that Henry Chilaski, main character in the book, was the model for the show's hank Moody. After I read the book, I could not agree more. nail, coffin, done.

The book has a no holds barred atmosphere. Not a few pages in and Henry Chilaski is in a whirlwind of violation drinking, drugs and constant sexual encounters. I found myself sympathizing with the Chilaski character as the story goes on. In moments of the book it reminded me of parts of my life. It has a way off pulling you in and then slamming your fingers in the door.

Bukowski's renegade and raw approach to writing is known world wide and this book does not hold any punches. It's fast and full of life. I read it in a two night sitting and it left me yearning for more.

This book is definitely worth the pick up. It's funny, charming, entertaining, dismissive, angry and rude all rolled into one.

I hope you have as much fun with it, as I did.
When people ask me about Bukowski, I usually say, just try reading some. There is no one quite like him. The first time I read him, as a college student in the sixties, I was astonished that anyone so depraved could be so literate. As down-and-out as Jim Thompson, but with more booze and explicit, matter-of-fact sex. But for Bukowski, it's not so much about the sex as about the relationships (mostly unsatisfactory), and about the hard vicissitudes in the life of a marginally celebrated author and poet. Above all, Bukowski is funny.

"Women" is classic Bukowski, a book I have picked up many times over the years, either to read straight through or just to browse. Try some. If you find him addicting, there is lots more.
If you want to read Bukowski's prose at its best, you've gotta read Women, Post Office and Ham on Rye. Phenomenal reads. You'll laugh til your stomach hurts, gasp in horror, and shake your head at the debauched ways of Hank Chinaski. A must-read for lovers of contemporary fiction. The bold, brash prose is addictive and flawlessly done -- raw and shameless.
I read Women immediately following Post Office, and it is also a part of my Esquire 75 Books Every Man Needs To Read reading challenge. Women is the 20th book on the list (not including books I will be rereading).

After the death of his postal career along with the love of his life, Bukowski’s Chianski begins to scour trashy America for experience, art, booze, and sex. His career is beginning to take off and he can do

more than merely survive in his existence, and he begins to explore himself and his relationships in this semi-autobiographical novel about much the same things as his other novels, but with a marked difference in literary style and execution as well as notoriety and accomplishment as an artist.

The focus of this piece is easily the paper-thin relationships that Chianski surrounds himself with. Every escapade leads to some revelation about his manhood, his fame, and his constant brush with the women that seem to constantly contrast with his one vice – a penchant for finding the most emotionally unstable women to have weekend relationships with, and being both unsatisfied with the sex and relationship, and surprised when the women cling to him with fervent desire.

In Women, Bukowski has improved and expanded his literary dance with being both anti-pedantic in diction and syntax while at the same time being misleading in his ability to screw intensive literary symbolism and devices into this somewhat simple work. The result is scrupulous, tireless literary and linguistic acrobatics that lead across the wasteland of white-trash slums and heighten Chianski’s vices and sexual escapades to that of religious reverence.

Definitely deserves its place on Esquire's list.
You'll either love Bukowski or hate him. His writing is raw and crass and often gross. I'm a gd feminist and have read every Bukowski book in print with the exception of a few of his poetry books. If you're offended easily or uptight or prim, his stuff is not for you. If you want to go through the day to day foulness of a foul man's life with him inside his head in the most extraordinarily written diary-style books then Bukowski is for you.