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Tales of ordinary madness

A bleary, self-pitying, neo-beat poet, Charles Serking is drinking himself to death and rejects all offers of help. He meets a beautiful prostitute and believes that his love for her can redeem him, but she has sunk even lower than him and only tragedy awaits her. This tribute to the work of 60's sub-culture writer-poet, Charles Bukowski is a searching examination of a destructive relationship.

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  • "Tales of ordinary madness"

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  • "A bleary, self-pitying, neo-beat poet, Charles Serking is drinking himself to death and rejects all offers of help. He meets a beautiful prostitute and believes that his love for her can redeem him, but she has sunk even lower than him and only tragedy awaits her. This tribute to the work of 60's sub-culture writer-poet, Charles Bukowski is a searching examination of a destructive relationship."@en
  • "A collection of short stories that were the republished second part of Erections, ejaculations, exhibitions, and general tales of ordinary madness."@en
  • "Inspired by DH 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. From prostitutes to classical music, Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture in his 'tales of ordinary madness'. These are angry yet tender, humorous and haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles."
  • "A hard-drinking poet, who lives in Los Angeles, is surrounded by desperate and depraved characters. One, a prostitute whom he loves deeply, inspires him to write incredible poems, but soon he must make the unhappy choice between her and his art."
  • "With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground-people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his time ... a madman, a recluse, a lover ... tender, vicious ... never the same ... these are exceptional stories that come pounding out of his violent and depraved life ... horrible and holy, you cannot read them and ever come away the same again."

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  • "Littérature américaine"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Istorii obyknovennogo bezumii︠a︡ : [rasskazy]"
  • "Príbehy obyčajného šialenstva"
  • "Istorii obyknovennogo bezumii︠a︡"
  • "Chang tai de feng kuang"
  • "Истории обыкновенного безумия : [рассказы]"
  • "Tarinoita tavallisesta hulluudesta"@fi
  • "Sipurim ʻal shigaʻon ragil : ṿe-sipurim aḥerim"
  • "Istorii obyknovennogo bezumii︠a︡ : rasskazy"
  • "Contes de la bogeria quotidiana"
  • "Contes de la bogeria quotidiana"@ca
  • "Tales of ordinary madness"
  • "Tales of ordinary madness"@en
  • "Chang tai de feng kuang = Tales of ordinary madness"
  • "Sıradan delilik öyküleri = Tales of ordinary madness"
  • "Istorii obyknovennogo bezumija"
  • "常態的瘋狂"
  • "Istorii︠a︡ obyknovennogo bezumii︠a︡"

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