On Writing

Charles Bukowski

• Éditeur: Ecco
• Année: 2015
• ISBN:
  9780062395986
• Sujet: Literature
• Sous-sujet: Literary Letters

Sharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters.

Charles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence—letters to publishers, editors, friends, and fellow writers—the writer shares his insights on the art of creation.

On Writing reveals an artist brutally frank about the drudgery of work and canny and uncompromising about the absurdities of life—and of art. It illuminates the hard-edged, complex humanity of a true American legend and counterculture icon—the "laureate of American lowlife" ( Time )—who stoically recorded society's downtrodden and depraved. It exposes an artist grounded in the visceral, whose work reverberates with his central ideal: "Don't try."

Piercing, poignant, and often hilarious, On Writing is filled not only with memorable lines but also with Bukowski's trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace, pathos, and intimacy.

Contents

1. Editor’s Note
2. 1945
3. 1946
4. 1947
5. 1953
6. 1954
7. 1955
8. 1956
9. 1958
10. 1959
11. 1960
12. 1961
13. 1962
14. 1963
15. 1964
16. 1965
17. 1966
18. 1967
19. 1968
20. 1969
21. 1970
22. 1971
23. 1972
24. 1973
25. 1975
26. 1978
27. 1979
28. 1980
29. 1981
30. 1982
31. 1983
32. 1984
33. 1985
34. 1986
35. 1988
36. 1990
37. 1991
38. 1992
39. 1993
40. Afterword
41. Acknowledgments
42. About the Author
43. Also by Charles Bukowski
44. Credits
45. Copyright
46. About the Publisher