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South of No North Kindle Edition

by Charles Bukowski (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 245 ratings
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South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society.

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    March 17, 2009
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Charles Bukowski is one of America’s best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in 1920 in Andernach, Germany, to an American soldier father and a German mother, and brought to the United States at the age of two. He was raised in Los Angeles and lived there for over fifty years. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

Abel Debritto, a former Fulbright scholar and current Marie Curie fellow, works in the digital humanities. He is the author of Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground, and the editor of the Bukowski collections On Writing, On Cats, and On Love.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000W918LO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books (March 17, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 17, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 739 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
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Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Man, I Miss this Guy!
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2011
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South of No North is a collection of short stories as uneven and mercurial as Charles Bukowski himself. I breezed through his six novels years ago and find myself missing his voice as a narrator so I think I'll go through his short story collections now. His work on aggregate--sometimes bad, often great--inspires and entertains. The stories here are no exception. Many are not memorable, but the excellence of "The Devil Was Hot," "Guts," "A Shipping Clerk with a Red Nose," and "This is What Killed Dylan Thomas" merit a 5-Star rating. These tales are very humorous stories and full of life. They'll make you laugh and admire the honesty of old Hank. A lot of the themes developed are bare bones versions of plots that later appear in his novels. South of No North is a must have for any fans of the Great Buk!
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OscarFVC
5.0 out of 5 stars Real y Descarnado
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2023
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Un autor muy humano, que escribe desde el punto de vista de los relegados, desde la sordidez de las calles y los bares.
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M.P. Arsenault
4.0 out of 5 stars Voice of Skid Row
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2001
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Bukowski captures the essence of skid row. He is the voice of those who have given up on society, and maybe on themselves. This is an intersting take. These forgoton masses are usually kept silent, and often oppressed by labels...drunk, bum, trash. But through his writing, Bukowski has shown that these people which society deems worthless, are actually people with souls, hopes, and dreams. These hopes and dreams may not always be within the mores of society, but they are hopes and dreams nontheless. Bukowski brought a picture of those select people out of the gutter, and into the minds of main stream society.
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Keith Nichols
5.0 out of 5 stars Aspiring writers, read and heed.
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2004
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Not all of Bukowski's enormous output of poetry is of equally high quality, but I've yet to read a Bukowski short story that wasn't well crafted. Whatever your attitude toward his subject matter and apparent philosophy of life, you must respect his lean and evocative prose style. Anyone trying to write should acquire his skill at conveying everything needed with the minimum of words. This is a trait shared by most good writing, and it can be acquired through practice. The first step is to know exactly what it is you want to tell.
If good writing can be learned, then why aren't we all renowned authors? That's where talent comes aboard, and talent is what showed Bukowski the universal and engaging elements around him and let him express them effectively via fictional and autobiographical characters.
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Michael Roof
5.0 out of 5 stars Straight forward and rough - Bukowski x 2
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2020
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This was the last of Bukowski's prose that I had left to read. These stories are all prime Bukowski, though some are a bit more graphic than his novels, if that's even possible. I'm a huge Bukowski fan. I'll miss reading new stuff.
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Zardoz
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Charles bukowski's best
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020
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Love Charles Bukowski. This is not his best work by far. Read post office if you want to see Charles Bukowski at the height of his form.
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Jerrod
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020
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You won’t find a better book of short stories anywhere, particularly if you’re a Bukowski fan. Dirty stories, funny stories...it’s all here. Some real classics to grab off the shelf for a little entertainment anytime you need it.
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Al Singh
5.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2013
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These stories are gems, laugh out loud funny and tragic as Bukowski's writing usually is. Booze, women, and the low life: Bukowski gets more out this limited range of subjects than most writers get out of the entire world. Read for yourself and be converted.
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Gerardo Martinez
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Mexico on November 8, 2022
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Muy buen producro
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Svetlana Staneva
5.0 out of 5 stars ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2021
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Lovely book
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Beatrice Maude
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, ENTERTAINING, YET MOVING AND DEEPLY PERSONAL
Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2017
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You can't go wrong with a collection of Charles Bukowski's short stories. Thoroughly enjoyable. Classic Buk: he moves me, he angers me, he disgusts me, he makes me laugh, he does it all. That's why he remains my favourite writer.
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la Eli
5.0 out of 5 stars È in inglese
Reviewed in Italy on May 25, 2019
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Regalo x una persona che ama leggere il Bukowski . Penso lo abbia apprezzato. Servizio Amazon impeccabile
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Raj singh arora
5.0 out of 5 stars He is the greatest poet of the centuary for me personally
Reviewed in India on December 6, 2017
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I recently ordered this from Amazon.
This Book Blew me away..... He is the greatest poet of the centuary for me personally...... He is the only writer I read everyday for the last 5 years. But his short stories, now that is another genre that I had no idea till i started reading this book as to how good he was in the short story medium ( I read only one story a day to saviour it ) It made me realise that along with his Poems and Novels he is a champion in the Short Story Department too.
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