Ham on Rye: A Novel

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'Very funny, very sad, and despite its self-congratulatory tone, honest in most of the right places. In many ways, Bukowski may have been the perfect writer to describe post-war southern California - a land of wide, flat spaces with nothing worth seeing, so you might as well vanish into yourself. In an age of conformity, Bukowski wrote about the people nobody wanted to be: the ugly, the selfish, the lonely, the mad.' - The Observer -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch. Read more Ham on Rye: A Novel

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Reviews Von Andreas Schleicher : Date 21. Mai 2003
Der Weg ist das Ziel, Henry Chinaskis Weg hat allerdings kein Ziel. Chinaski ist Bokowskis alter Ego, und in Ham on Rye schreibt Bukowski ueber sein eigenes Leben, im Zeitraum zwischen 0 und 20 Jahren. Er zeigt unverbluemt die Gewalt seiner Jugend, seinen rauen Umgang mit Mitmenschen und 'Girls', seinen Weg zum Alkoholiker. So lebendig, als stehe neber dir in der Kneipe und erzählt dir sein Leben.

Reviews Von Ein Kunde Format:Taschenbuch "Ham on rye" was the first book by Bukowski I ever read, and after reading nothing more than merely the first page, my life had changed for ever. It sounds like a cliché, but in this case it describes reality. Bukowski's description of his unhappy childhood, mainly because of an unloving and bullying father, struck a chord of instant recognition with me. For the first time in my life (I was 18 at the time) I felt like I was not alone in the world. Thanks to this book (and everything else by Bukowski I have been able to get my hands on) I learnt to fight back. Thanks, Hank ! I owe you one ! Kommentar : Date 6. April 2000
"Ham on rye" was the first book by Bukowski I ever read, and after reading nothing more than merely the first page, my life had changed for ever. It sounds like a cliché, but in this case it describes reality. Bukowski's description of his unhappy childhood, mainly because of an unloving and bullying father, struck a chord of instant recognition with me. For the first time in my life (I was 18 at the time) I felt like I was not alone in the world. Thanks to this book (and everything else by Bukowski I have been able to get my hands on) I learnt to fight back.

Reviews Von JB : Date 13. Juli 2000
This was the first Bukowski book I've ever read, and I don't plan for it to be my last. I picked up this title because I'd read that, at Christmas, Bukowski's books are among the most stolen from NY bookstores. I love to read books that end up banned or those that end up stolen, usually because they're astounding pieces of work, and this book was no exception. Henry utterly hates life (especially his father), and it's easy to see why. Through Henry's eyes, the reader sees and feels some terrible things -- Henry's beatings, the treatments for his skin, the repulsive traits of fellow characters. The book will leave you drained and angry because the images Bukowksi gives you are very vivid, some bordering on disgusting. It wasn't until after I read the book that I learned it's a thinly disguised bio. No wonder Bukowski's tone is bitter and fierce; if you read this, you'll see why. I couldn't help altering my feelings for Henry at almost every chapter. You get one side of Henry in one chapter, and in the next, you'd swear it was a whole new character. Henry isn't a very complex character, but his observations are. One of the saddest parts of the book comes when Henry's skin treatments end; the nurse who performs his therapy seems to be the only person in the entire book that cares about him, albeit in a medical capacity. Bukowski shows us a seamy side of life with rich descriptions and chracters that no fiction writer could create.

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