Post Office

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Bukowski repeatedly claimed to be born out of wedlock, but Andernach marital records indicate that his parents married one month before his birth. A delirious, repetitive, repressed and hostile bureaucratic nightmare, Post Office is a novel that takes on Bukowski's decade-plus chained to the postal system. This [alcohol] is going to help me for a very long time," he later wrote, describing a method (drinking) he could use to come to more amicable terms with his own life.

I’m sure he saw those bottles and glasses under the bed, and I’m sure he knew that Harry’s feet weren’t that big. Our main guy, Chinaski, is little more than a drunk womaniser, but the story which he tells about his time in the postal service, his drinking escapades, his sexual conquests and the woes of everyday life, are completely fascinating. The plot moves along on the intensity and energy of various crises involving Hank and his supervisors, coworkers, and lovers. British indie band The Boo Radleys included a track named "Charles Bukowski is dead" on their 1994 album Wake Up!

Fatto sta che quando io scoprivo le sue opere e mi innamoravo di lui, lui stava per andarsene: il che avvenne poco dopo, nel 1994, quasi alla soglia dei suoi settantaquattro.

Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, Post Office is a landmark in American literature, and over 1 million copies have been sold worldwide. Web sources say his work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. He used to be spotted in several bars, around the post office, at the racetrack or in his moldy appartment, but since he's dead now we recommend looking for him at the library.In May 1978, Bukowski traveled to West Germany and gave a live poetry reading of his work before an audience in Hamburg.