The second of five new books of unpublished poems from the late, great, Charles Bukowski, America's most imitated and influential poet -- 143 never-before-seen works of gritty, amusing, and inspiring verse.

The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain - New Poems

"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."-Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."-Leonard Cohen, songwriterBetting on the Muse is a combination of hilarious poetry and stories. Charles Bukowski writes about the real life of a working man and all that comes with it.

Betting on the Muse

"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."-Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."-Leonard Cohen, songwriterA book length collaboration between two underground legends, Charles Bukowski and Robert Crumb. In The Captain is Out to Lunch, Bukowski's last journals candidly and humorously reveal the events in the writer's life as death draws inexorably nearer, thereby illuminating our own lives and natures, and to give new meaning to what was once only familiar. Crumb has illustrated the text with 12 full-page drawings and a portrait of Bukowski.

The Captain is Out to Lunch

"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."-Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."-Leonard Cohen, songwriterPlay the Piano introduces Charles Bukowski's poetry from the 1970s. He leads a life full of gambling and booze but also finds love. These poems are full of lechery and romance as he struggles to mature.

Play the Piano

Inspired by D.H. 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.

Nouveaux contes de la folie ordinaire

Folies ordinaires

Deux iconoclastes de la littérature américaine s'amusent à déboulonner le couple.

Harry est dans une situation délicate : il a dû faire interner sa femme Gloria car elle souffre d'une paranoïa aiguë qui la rend à la fois agressive et perspicace.

Bring me your love

"Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and The Beats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural language. Bukowski moved it a little farther."-Los Angeles Times Book Review"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."-Leonard Cohen, songwriterLos Angeles slums, bars, and more are featured in Slouching Toward Nirvana, the third of five books of unpublished poems from Charles Bukowski, considered by many to be America's most imitated and influential poet.

The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain - New Poems

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