Shannin's review
Ham on Rye: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
Shannin's review
rating:
bookshelves: recentlyread
recommended for: everyone
status: Read in January, 2006
rating:
bookshelves: recentlyread
recommended for: everyone
status: Read in January, 2006
this is my favorite bukowski novel and also one of my favorite novels EVER.
it takes a certain type to appreciate the writing style and humor of c. bukowski. i'm typically anti-convention in general, so it comes as no surprise that i idolize this man.
i wrote a research paper in college about why bukowski's poetry is good. poetry is so hard for me to latch on to because as frilly as writing can be, frilly writing doesn't interest me enough to try and deduce some poetic code. the types of poetry i like have nothing to do with that.
anyways it was easiest to start there (in establishing bukowski's credibility). backing novels like these is a bit more difficult for me. why can't it just be good without having to be able to explain why?
it might just be me. but with bukowski i'm constantly searching for and finding more worth within works like these.
it takes a certain type to appreciate the writing style and humor of c. bukowski. i'm typically anti-convention in general, so it comes as no surprise that i idolize this man.
i wrote a research paper in college about why bukowski's poetry is good. poetry is so hard for me to latch on to because as frilly as writing can be, frilly writing doesn't interest me enough to try and deduce some poetic code. the types of poetry i like have nothing to do with that.
anyways it was easiest to start there (in establishing bukowski's credibility). backing novels like these is a bit more difficult for me. why can't it just be good without having to be able to explain why?
it might just be me. but with bukowski i'm constantly searching for and finding more worth within works like these.
