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One of Charles Bukowski's best books, in which the reader follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski in America during World War II. A drinker and gambler, Chinaski travels from city to city without settling into any job.
Filthy prostitutes, miserable rooms, fights, and drinking in a hypnotic yet humorous plunge into the world of the margins, which was adapted into a film starring Matt Dillon in the lead role. Bukowski's major themes – the battle of the sexes, the figure of the employer lurking while always invoking the rules, indifferent parents, the demanding landlord – are present in the book.
There are the characteristic scenes of sex, all interspersed with harsh dialogues, and the sense of detachment from true intimacy. Chinaski, Bukowski's alter ego, is on a perpetual existential journey that leaves little room for anyone else.
From the introduction by poet Neeli Cherkovski in the English edition
THE PRESS WROTE
Funny, smart, penetrating, and honest. Times Literary Supplement
A hilarious chronicle. Dirty realism from the godfather of marginalized literature. Uncut
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- Author
- Charles Bukowski
- Publisher
- Metaichmio
- Original Title
- Factotum
- Publishers
- Metaixmio
- Type
- Prose
- Subtitle
- Man for All Jobs
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 272
- Release Date
- 4/2018
- Publication Date
- 2018
- Dimensions
- 14x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9786180312898
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