Reviews
Kam zmizela ta roztomilá, rozesmátá holka v květovaných šatech: Básně & povídky by Charles Bukowski
robdabear's review against another edition
4.0
Coming off of the cheerful, light optimism of Little Women, there is something about reading Bukowski that makes me feel inexplicably dirty and gross, and yet it still happens to be exactly what I want...no, exactly what I need to read at any particular moment of cynicism or loneliness, especially these days. Perhaps that is what made his work appealing. I’m sure to return to many of these.
cabs_meursault's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
chelseamartinez's review against another edition
3.0
I read this on the beach in Venice during month 5 of the pandemic in California, which, if Bukowski was a beach, would be exactly there.
klarikhal's review against another edition
5.0
I don't always fancy poetry as it's sometimes difficult to understand, what did the author want to say. But when I read this book, I just couldn't stop reading more and more. It was a bit harsh and not really polite, but it was pretty clear what Bukowski wanted to say and i would recommend it to anyone...over 15.
drbird's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent collection focusing more on old age and death. Not as much of the hilariously vulgar stuff like in LOVE IS A DOG FROM HELL. there are some GREAT poems in here. A good book to start with if new to Bukowski, though maybe not the BEST one to start with since it packs more of a punch to read about Bukowski's ideas of death after reading HAM ON RYE and some of the poetry from the 60s.
binxthinx's review against another edition
2.0
Read about half of it, but did not wish to continue. Clearly a good writer, but material of little interest to me.
poetloz's review against another edition
5.0
Great book. There is insight here into what makes a man like Bukowski. There is also insight in seeing death as calmly and evenly as you see life. By this time Bukowski started transcendental meditation. I can only imagine that that experience tempered his point of view in this book.
faltiska's review against another edition
4.0
Probabil cel mai influent poet contemporan sau macar cel mai copiat se grabeste sa spuna orice book review despre Bukowski. Ma intreb cu ce date poti sa sustii afirmatia asta.
Anyways.
Bukowski nu se termina niciodata. Scrisul lui este ca o sesiune de jazz jamming. Mii de poezii si povestiri scurte. Iar Betting on the Muse este o compilatie care include poezii din toate perioadele. Ultimele, cele scrise in anii 90 sunt cumplite. Simti, citindu-le, cum i se scurge viata printre cuvinte. Si el asteapta nemiscat sa traiasca din nou. Sau sa nu mai traiasca.
Trebuie sa citesc un volum din tinerete acum, cand viata lui era despre bautura femei si curse de cai, poate scap de depresie.
Anyways.
Bukowski nu se termina niciodata. Scrisul lui este ca o sesiune de jazz jamming. Mii de poezii si povestiri scurte. Iar Betting on the Muse este o compilatie care include poezii din toate perioadele. Ultimele, cele scrise in anii 90 sunt cumplite. Simti, citindu-le, cum i se scurge viata printre cuvinte. Si el asteapta nemiscat sa traiasca din nou. Sau sa nu mai traiasca.
Trebuie sa citesc un volum din tinerete acum, cand viata lui era despre bautura femei si curse de cai, poate scap de depresie.
felixsanchez's review against another edition
4.0
Some of these poems aren't great. But when they are, they're perfect. Couldn't have been written by anyone else, which I think is where people dislike Bukowski; his simplicity and approachability make the poems seem too easy, but they're nothing but.
They're misogynistic, which is hard for me. The art or the artist, right?
They're misogynistic, which is hard for me. The art or the artist, right?