Notes of a Dirty Old Man

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Strokes To Nowhere - https://bukowski.net/database/detail.php?w=5668&Title=notes-of-a-dirty-old-man as anybody knows the sportswriters are the worst of the worst when it comes to writing and especially when it comes to thinking.” In addition to seeing the underbelly of America, Bukowski introduces readers to some of the greatest writers of his time in a personal and up close manner. His stories of drinking with Kerouac and other writers not only provide readers with insight into Bukowski's societal life, but also allow readers to see rare moments in the lives of other famous poets and authors. Further, it is through conversations with such authors that Bukowski really brings light to his true feelings about the world around him, and about his own existence. I’ve seen too many intellectuals lately, I get very tired of the precious intellects who must speak diamonds every time they open their mouths. I get tired of battling for each space of air for the mind. That’s why I stayed away from people for so long and now that I am meeting people I find that I must return to my cave. There are other things beside the mind. There are insects and palm trees and pepper shakers and I’ll have a pepper shaker in my cave. So laugh.”

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Alcoholism is very prevalent in both of Bukowski's Dirty Old Man pieces. He displays many of the outcomes that most people with alcoholism show as well: self-control problems, difficulty in identifying feelings, apathy toward external reality, difficulty in emotional processing, and more depressed and/or anxious, and a face deformed by its abuses. [1] However, his alcoholism is not an issue that Bukowski wishes to change; it is simply a way of life for him. There is a sequence in "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" where a painting instructor gives a young Bukowski brushes and paints (he didn't bring his own), and instructs him to paint a vase, just like his classmates. While they take hours, he is finished in five minutes. His color is sparse and basic, and the vase resembles shit more than slightly in its coloring. But his classmates are amazed and refuse to believe Bukowski has never painted before. Oyy ok let’s get this wrapping up, I’m rambling which means I had a lot of thoughts and didn’t know how to frame them. A little bit less gay bar action would have been nice for me personally but I don’t think anyone delicate or easily offended would read Bukowski past his introduction. I’m not worried about discussing the writing here. It’s irreverent in every sense of the world and the title is aptly named. I actually started listening to this book on audio because Will Patton’s voice is everything, but without actual chapter breaks it was too hard to follow.

While difficult to read for those who are easily offended, Notes of a Dirty Old Man is not only a wonderful novel, but one of honesty and raw talent rarely seen in writing today. Bukowski's crass and brutal look at the world, tempered with his occasional lapse into the poet's care, leaves readers with an overall sense of adventure, and a moment of grateful appreciation for the lives they lead. Brilliant in its simplicity, Notes of a Dirty Old Man is a book for those who want a darker view of the world in which we live.

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They will kill him because he has not died at all. I have died nine-tenths but keep the other one-tenth like a gun." which were then put in the main part of the store), throw the now-coverless books away and return the covers only to the office so that they could get credit from the publisher. we are hooked, slapped and chopped silly; so silly that some of us finally love tormentors because they are there to torment us along logical lines of torture. this seems so reasonable, since there isn’t anything else showing.”