Love is a Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Love is a Dog From Hell
Book Review: A cri d'coeur
Summary: 3 Stars
Marvelously illustrated collection of Bukowski's lyrical ballads. A cri d'coeur for the masses. When the poet Chuck and his alter-ego I.M. Barfart blast off to the inter-gallatic center of the Tripdane universe, look out below! Children ages five and under will thrill to the up Chuck's greatest fantasy adventure. Writing from the basement of his Venice beach apartment, Bukowski's prose poetry has never been better off. Teenage poet wannabees and those in search of the lighter things in life should consult the bard's collection of essays "Notes by a Dirty Old Man" Don't let the title deceive you. Old up Chuck has plenty to say on the topic of bourgeois bliss and the virtues of working hard. Enjoy yourself!Bring your knife and fork!
Book Review: In the dark side of love.
Summary: 5 Stars
"Communion" is a great poem, but you may love "Sandra" or "Ashes". this is the dark side of Buko's Heart.Book Review: First-timers for Bukowski, this one is mediocre.
Summary: 3 Stars
This book may show Bukowski at his most sensationalistic, but it hardly contains his best writing. The booze, women, and poverty may be there, but the imagination is almost wholly absent. Many poems seem more like afterthoughts or random musings than truly completed works. There are a handful of great offerings here ("Alone with Everybody," "Prayer in Bad Weather," "One for the Shoeshine Man"), but much stronger poems in the same vein are found in the author's Mockingbird Wish Me Luck and Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame. Some of his best work is in the novel, Ham On Rye. Those who want to know just how compelling Bukowski can be should invest in those books.Book Review: The beauty of a brutal reality
Summary: 5 Stars
So often people read bukowski and only see the excesses of his lifestyle. I read of celebreties mentioning him and they just don't seem to get it. This is one of the most beautiful and brutal books of poetry you could ever read. Enjoy the honesty. Enjoy the lack of pretense.Book Review: Another Awesome Piece from Buk
Summary: 5 Stars
A hauntingly-wonderful collection of aging Bukowski. To know Buk is to love him. In all his forms.