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To his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was—and remains—the quintessential counterculture icon. A hard-drinking wild man of literature and a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he wrote unflinchingly about booze, work, and women, in raw, street-tough poems whose truth has struck a chord with generations of readers.
Edited by John Martin, the legendary publisher of Black Sparrow Press and a close friend of Bukowski's, The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection of the best works from Bukowski's long poetic career, including the last of his never-before-collected poems. Celebrating the full range of the poet's extraordinary and surprising sensibility, and his uncompromising linguistic brilliance, these poems cover a rich lifetime of experiences and speak to Bukowski's "immense intelligence, the caring heart that saw through the sham of our pretenses and had pity on our human condition" (New York Quarterly). The Pleasures of the Damned is an astonishing poetic treasure trove, essential reading for both longtime fans and those just discovering this unique and legendary American voice.
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Walter Pattillo
reviewed Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993 on December 27, 2018
Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993
Wow, Charles Bukowski. I'm not even sure where to begin here. I mean, I've read a lot of his poetry from various places in the past, but not as a definitive volume such as this, which is over 500 pages long. I enjoyed many of these poems, but some, not so much. Reading this volume has given me a real insight into the depressing views that he has with the majority of everything in his life. We get given a tour, if you like of things that existed in his life, and how exactly he feels about those things. You really do get the distinct feeling that he feels sorry for himself and honestly, by the end of this book, you'll feel sorry for him too. You realise that Bukowski felt exhausted by humanity itself and really, that got under my skin. I really understood where he was coming from. I'm not sure whether that was because I read sections of this rather quickly without a pause, or maybe, he just happens to have that effect on his readers.
"What matters most is how well you walk through the fire"
Many people think that poetry has to look pretty, look beautiful, and flow easily but they could never be more wrong. Bukowski takes a different approach and it works. He tells it like it is unapologetically, throws in a few "fucks" and then wipes the floor with it, and guess what? It sinks in, and it leaves a lasting impression. I will definitely be reading more of Bukowski's works.
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