Factotum - Couverture rigide

Bukowski, Charles

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0491028059 ISBN 13 : 9780491028059

Editeur : W.H. Allen / Virgin Books, 1981

Synopsis

VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has a little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents. Previous owners name to ffep.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Not since George Orwell has the condition of being down-and-out been so well recorded' New York Times

Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour.

Factotum follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling Post Office, his highly autobiographical first novel. Bukowski's Beat Generation writing reflects his tough upbringing, his succession of menial jobs and his experience of low life urban America. He died in 1994 and is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years.

'Funny and sharp, observant, clever with details and honest' Times Literary Supplement

Présentation de l'éditeur :

One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next.

Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W.H. Allen / Virgin Books
• Date d'édition: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0491028059
• ISBN 13: 9780491028059
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 205