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| Original Title: | Ham on Rye |
| ISBN: | 006117758X (ISBN13: 9780061177583) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Henry Chinaski, Henry Chinaski, Sr, Katherine Chinaski |
| Setting: | United States of America Los Angeles, California(United States) |
Charles Bukowski
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.14 | 78651 Users | 3203 Reviews
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In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany through acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of alcohol, women, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D. H. Lawrence, "Ham on Rye" offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.
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| Title | : | Ham on Rye |
| Author | : | Charles Bukowski |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | July 29th 2014 by Ecco (first published September 1982) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Novels. Literature. American |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 78651 Users | 3203 ReviewsWeigh Up Out Of Books Ham on Rye
My life did not resemble Henry Chinaski's. No abusive father here. No ritualized beatings. No helpless mother. No culture of fighting. One lost fight was enough to teach me the purposelessness of all that. I liked school. Not that I go to the reunions. Sure there was the pimply phase, but nothing like the scourge of boils that rendered Henry a monster.And yet...and yet...Something rang so true reading this book. The sense of alienation. The understanding of the absurdity of it all. The rejectionHam on Rye, Charles BukowskiThe novel focuses on the protagonist, Henry Chinaski, between the years of 1920 and 1941. It begins with Chinaski's early memories. As the story progresses the reader follows his life through the school years and into young adulthood. Chinaski relates that he has an abusive father, and his mother does nothing to stop his father's abuse. She is, in fact, a victim of her husband's brutality as well. Henry is not athletic but wants to be and therefore tries hard to
Henry Chinaski, our fellow laureate of American lowlife, is back and "younger" than ever!Sharp, honest, and crude that's how Bukowski delights his readers, in his special and humorous way. In this novel, Bukowski narrates his youngest years. Like the previous novels, Ham on Rye narrates his childhood, between the years of 1920 and 1941. It begins with Chinaski's early years in Germany, with his own grandmother ranting at him and his family "I will bury all of you" until young adulthood, jobless
The person who said "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" was a good place to start when beginning to read Bukowski's works couldn't have been more wrong. "Ham on Rye" is Bukowski at his best, and this memoir allowed me to understand Charles Bukowski and how he later became that "dirty old man." "Ham on Rye," like the later work, is filled with the unflinching honesty so characteristic of Bukowski, but here that honesty is less postured, uses less shock value, and shows the vulnerability underneath the
Every now and again, I need to go and find some Charles Bukowski. I have said in a previous review that I love him for the simple reason that he never fails to disturb me, and that is as true a statement as I will ever put down on paper. Other writers have parsed the same space that Bukowski operates in, but none have that sheer force of authenticity, that audaciousness of character that the man writes with. And yes, I know, Bukowski is very much a love/hate proposition for a large number of
It all started in 7th grade with these stupid clubs they made us join. Some kind of get involved self esteem horseshit. Every other Friday was club day. An hour before school let out everyone had to pick a club to go to. They gave us a list. I left mine blank, so they put me in the Sports Cards Collecting Club. Better than the Baking Club, I guess. My friend Joe, whose dad was president of the Charles County fire department, didnt leave his blank. He actually chose the Sports Card Collecting
Update: $1.99 Kindle special today --- Its not for everyone -- but I thought it was fantastic! -- I own it -- and couldn't pull away from it the first time I read it. I'd suggest reading high and low reviews. Then trust your gut! Its 'based' on a true story --but written as a novel. "I had begun to dislike my father. He was always angry about something. Wherever we went he got into arguments with people. But he didn't appear to frighten most people; they just stared at him, calmly, and he became
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