チャールズ・ブコウスキー

South of No North is a collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski, the so-called "Poet Laureate of Skid Row", originally published in 1973 as South of No North: Stories of the Buried Life by John Martin's Black Sparrow Press. South of No North also is a play that debuted off-Broadway in 2000 based on nine stories …

The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories is a collection of anecdotal short stories by American author Charles Bukowski. The stories are written in both the first and third-person, in Bukowski's trademark semi-autobiographical short prose style. In keeping with his other works, themes include: Los Angeles …

Hot Water Music is a collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski, published in 1983 by Black Sparrow Press. The collection deals largely with: drinking, women, gambling, and writing. It is an important collection that establishes Bukowski's minimalist style and his thematic oeuvre.

First published in 1977, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a collection of Bukowski's poetry from the mid-seventies. A classic in the Bukowski canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.

『パルプ』は、詩人・作家であるチャールズ・ブコウスキーが最後に執筆した小説。ブコウスキーの死の直前、1994年に出版された。

With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground—people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his time . . . a madman, a recluse, a lover . . . tender, vicious . . . …

『パンク、ハリウッドを行く』1989年、black sparrow press刊)。

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star …

もはや伝説となった無頼作家ブコウスキーが、酒と女、競馬と放浪に明け暮れた20代当時の自身の生活をもとに書き上げた長編小説。彼の小説ではおなじみの主人公チナスキーが、職に就いてはすぐに辞め、バーで出会った女と刹那的な関係を繰り返し、安宿から安宿へと酒を片手にアメリカ全土をふらつき回る。自堕落な生活を送りつつも、時折ふと脳裏に浮かぶ「おまえはどうせロクな人間にならない」という父親の声。 …