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by Charles Bukowski (Author)
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Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Early, Great Collection - MUST HAVE!, Jul 2 2004
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SOUTH OF NO NORTH by Charles Bukowski, is a GREAT collection of short stories, including many of his early published chapbooks, many of which lay the groundwork for his novels like POST OFFICE. Bukowski started writing short stories twenty years before he hit the poetry -- the bottle was in between and, seemingly, forever -- and his stories are haunting, often surreal, the way Robert Crumb's comics are unique, even disturbing. You will find where he started, in stories that include glimpses into his "lost" years when he was a drifting worker and bum. When he works in the desert carrying railroad ties, you feel the slivers in his gloveless hands, and you feel what it may have been that drove him to all the rest. SOUTH OF NO NORTH is his early best work. If you like Buk, definitely pick of this copy to keep near your favorite Buk novels like POST OFFICE, WOMEN, FACTOTUM. Along with this collection, I must recommend another Amazon quick-pick, THE LOSERS CLUB by Richard Perez, obviously influenced by the great, one-of-a-kind Bukowski.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Aspiring writers, read and heed., Feb 15 2004
By Keith Nichols (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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Not all of Bukowski's enormous output of poetry is of equally high quality, but I've yet to read a Bukowski short story that wasn't well crafted. Whatever your attitude toward his subject matter and apparent philosophy of life, you must respect his lean and evocative prose style. Anyone trying to write should acquire his skill at conveying everything needed with the minimum of words. This is a trait shared by most good writing, and it can be acquired through practice. The first step is to know exactly what it is you want to tell.

If good writing can be learned, then why aren't we all renowned authors? That's where talent comes aboard, and talent is what showed Bukowski the universal and engaging elements around him and let him express them effectively via fictional and autobiographical characters.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great!, Nov 19 2003
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One of Bukowski's best. Not for stuffed shirts and the like.
The overrated, no-talent , degreed types continue to be bugged because they don't get it/him. I say: too bad. Because Bukowski continues to be read and is more popular than ever! This is a fine story collection. Original.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Paper
This is the only book I've ever read that I thought was a complete waste of my time. I can not believe that someone recommended this book to me and that I had to special order it... Read more
Published on Nov 5 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Musings from the dark side
Anyone who thinks that Kurt Cobain invented modern angst has obviously never read anything by the late Charles Bukowski. Read more
Published on Oct 20 2003 by S.R.W. Phillips

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction to Bukowski's Work
Charles Bukowskiï¿s work is fixated upon the underbelly of society, where the unctuous underachieving degenerate is glorified, low-life living is made normal, and alcoholism and... Read more
Published on Mar 18 2003 by Ros Saciuk

4.0 out of 5 stars good selection of bukowski's short stories
a passage i enjoyed 'it was like any other impossible job, you got tired and you wanted to quit and then you got more tired and forgot to quit, and the minutes didn't move, you... Read more
Published on Dec 28 2002 by William D. Tompkins

5.0 out of 5 stars terrific story collection.
You won't be disappointed. Brings to mind Nelson Algren, Henry Miller, James M. Cain, Kirk Alex, Hemingway, Iceberg Slim, Knut Hamsun, Jim Thompson, etc. Read more
Published on Nov 6 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Voice of Skid Row
Bukowski captures the essence of skid row. He is the voice of those who have given up on society, and maybe on themselves. This is an intersting take. Read more
Published on Jul 12 2001 by Matthew P. Arsenault

4.0 out of 5 stars Chicks'll dig it
Of all of Bukowski's work that I've read (most all,) this fabulous heap of short stories is one of my all-time favorites. Read more
Published on April 21 2001 by Brandi Valenza

1.0 out of 5 stars I hope he was just kidding.
This was my first attempt to read Bukowski's work. I can't figure out what everyone has been raving about, but the ravers are surely all men. Read more
Published on Jun 3 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Without doubt this is one of his strongest works.
South of No North was one of the first Bukowski works that I read and it was the one that reeled me in like a fish. A fantastic work of great scope and understanding. Read more
Published on April 24 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Serious low-life art
I've read a lot of Bukowski, and this one is unique. The stories in this book are amazingly depressing and uplifting, all at the same time. Read more
Published on May 14 1997

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