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The Roominghouse Madrigals - Charles Bukowski

By Charles Bukowski

Release Date: 2009-03-17

Genre: Short Stories

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“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author

“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter

The Roominghouse Madrigals is a selection of poetry from Charles Bukowski's early work. It shows a slightly softer side to the beloved barfly.

Drawn from his raw, prolific period between 1946 and 1966, this is the early work of a cult classic author in the making.
Dirty Realism: Find Bukowski in the cheap rooming houses, factories, and bars of a forgotten Los Angeles, writing with unflinching honesty about the grit of survival.Confessional Poetry: Raw, first-person accounts of love, liquor, loneliness, and the defiant struggle to create art against all odds.Raw and Unfiltered Verse: Written on first impulse with no revisions, these poems capture the immediate, explosive energy that would become his signature style.The Softer Side of the Barfly: Before the legend, there was the lyricism. Discover a more vulnerable, reflective current in the work that established the "Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."

The Roominghouse Madrigals - Charles Bukowski

By Charles Bukowski

Release Date: 2009-03-17

Genre: Short Stories

(0 ratings)
Read Download
“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author

“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter

The Roominghouse Madrigals is a selection of poetry from Charles Bukowski's early work. It shows a slightly softer side to the beloved barfly.

Drawn from his raw, prolific period between 1946 and 1966, this is the early work of a cult classic author in the making.
Dirty Realism: Find Bukowski in the cheap rooming houses, factories, and bars of a forgotten Los Angeles, writing with unflinching honesty about the grit of survival.Confessional Poetry: Raw, first-person accounts of love, liquor, loneliness, and the defiant struggle to create art against all odds.Raw and Unfiltered Verse: Written on first impulse with no revisions, these poems capture the immediate, explosive energy that would become his signature style.The Softer Side of the Barfly: Before the legend, there was the lyricism. Discover a more vulnerable, reflective current in the work that established the "Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."

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