Description
Product ID: | 9780753513873 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Tales of Ordinary Madness |
Authors: | Author: Charles Bukowski |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark, dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that Bukowski inhabited. From prostitutes to classical music, Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture in his 'tales of ordinary madness'. Inspired by D.H. Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski''s writing is passionate, extreme and has attracted a cult following, while his life was as weird and wild as the tales he wrote. This collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark, dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that Bukowski inhabited. |
Imprint Name: | Virgin Books |
Publisher Name: | Ebury Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-02-07 |