Women

291 pages

English language

Published March 15, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-06-117759-0
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Women is a 1978 novel written by Charles Bukowski, starring his semi-autobiographical character Henry Chinaski. In contrast to Factotum, Post Office and Ham on Rye, Women is centered on Chinaski's later life, as a celebrated poet and writer, not as a dead-end lowlife. It does, however, feature the same constant carousel of women with whom Chinaski only finds temporary fulfillment.

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reviewed Women by Charles Bukowski

Hilarious at first, becomes a slog to finish

This is the first Bukowski novel for me. It was quite funny, particularly in the first half with Lydia and the unhinged insanity of that character. I enjoyed how honest and down to earth Bukowski’s writing style is. There are many women I’ve known who behave like the ones in the novel, which I got a kick out of. The problem is, there’s only so many combinations of promiscuous woman, alcohol, and self loathing writer that I can take before the shtick gets old. But I can’t complain too much, because I really did enjoy the novel overall. I wouldn’t recommend this to super uptight people though. When looking at negative reviews for this book, I somehow find that it’s usually men who morally grandstand and rail against the antics of the drunken womanizer Chinaski, more so than women themselves; maybe these guys think it’ll help their chances of getting …

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Unfiltered, Brutal, Brilliant—Pure Bukowski

Women is Bukowski at his most unapologetic — vulgar, honest, hilarious, and painfully human. It’s a chaotic, booze-soaked descent into desire, loneliness, ego, and need, all told through the unmistakable voice of Henry Chinaski.

Bukowski doesn’t try to make himself look good — if anything, he goes out of his way to expose every flaw, every contradiction. And that’s what makes it so compelling. Beneath all the grit and excess, there’s real vulnerability. A raw ache that pulses under the surface.

Love him or hate him, Bukowski tells the truth — his truth — with a style that’s all his own. No filter, no pretension. Just blood, sweat, and typewriter ink.

Five stars. For the writing, the guts, and the madness of it all.

None

Unfiltered, Brutal, Brilliant—Pure Bukowski

Women is Bukowski at his most unapologetic — vulgar, honest, hilarious, and painfully human. It’s a chaotic, booze-soaked descent into desire, loneliness, ego, and need, all told through the unmistakable voice of Henry Chinaski.

Bukowski doesn’t try to make himself look good — if anything, he goes out of his way to expose every flaw, every contradiction. And that’s what makes it so compelling. Beneath all the grit and excess, there’s real vulnerability. A raw ache that pulses under the surface.

Love him or hate him, Bukowski tells the truth — his truth — with a style that’s all his own. No filter, no pretension. Just blood, sweat, and typewriter ink.

Five stars. For the writing, the guts, and the madness of it all.

Review of 'Women' on 'Goodreads'

How do I rate a book on here with 6 stars?

When I was a teenager this book was the first dirty novel I read and it was the point I became obsessed with Bukowski. Now reading this many years later I still love this book, it still feels really dirty too. Bukowski is the ultimate rock-star of the poetry world and this book is the proof.

Bukowski will shag any woman who is up for it, he'll treat them mean and in some cases drive them insane, he makes mistakes and doesn't learn from them cos he doesn't care, he is making up for lost time. He writes in his typical honest style having no shame he tells you all the gross details.

A lot of things/people annoy him and those things tend to annoy me too, one of the best lines in the book is about one of …

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