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Neeli Cherkovski (1945–2024)

Autore di Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski

31+ opere 286 membri 1 recensione 1 preferito

Sull'Autore

Neeli Cherkovski lives and writes in San Francisco. He is the author of several books of poetry, and biographies of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Charles Bukowski.

Opere di Neeli Cherkovski

Opere correlate

The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) — Collaboratore — 592 copie
For Neruda, For Chile: An International Anthology (1975) — Collaboratore — 23 copie
Peace or perish : a crisis anthology — A cura di — 3 copie
Last Call: The Legacy of Charles Bukowski — Collaboratore — 3 copie

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Informazioni generali

Altri nomi
Cherry, Neeli
Data di nascita
1945
Data di morte
2024-03-19
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Santa Monica, California, USA
Attività lavorative
Poet

Utenti

Recensioni

I have read Ham on Rye, Bukowski's autobiography of his childhood, and it's easy to understand why he was a hardcore alcoholic. His father was emotionally detached and brutal to him, and Bukowski's behavior of substance abuse, and not be able to maintain relationships or jobs is typical of personality disorder that is common in traumatized children. I just don't think that Cherkovski's book adds a lot to the story other than Bukowski's public persona was fictional. He often used women to support him, and was successful enough in his later life to have a middle class life. No doubt he had talent as a writer but perhaps his life was his greatest work of fiction.… (altro)
 
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kerryp | Dec 7, 2020 |

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Statistiche

Opere
31
Opere correlate
4
Utenti
286
Popolarità
#81,618
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
1
ISBN
29
Lingue
5
Preferito da
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