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Abej^a G.
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Who made ​​me love reading is BUKOWSKI!!!! street poet, someone can says he is repetetive, but repetita iuvant! in Buko we can see the real world, a drunk bitch world!
and so, I like all of his stories
after that, John Fante, sarcastic, a bit paranoid, but a poet very very sarcastic.
"Ask the dust" the first that I read, the best of him.
mmmm after that... uuuh! Philip K. Dick! I imagine him all day watching microchip of a boned computer!
...all of him
(in Italy a great writer, is Stefano Benni, sarcastic, poet, genius!)
after that, me!!!
...and Rick Moody!!! (in many novels he talks about a boy who takes many many and many doses of LSD. maybe him?!)
But the beginning of "Drummer wanted call Alice" is a bit as teenager.
I dont like Virginia Woolf.
and so, I like all of his stories
after that, John Fante, sarcastic, a bit paranoid, but a poet very very sarcastic.
"Ask the dust" the first that I read, the best of him.
mmmm after that... uuuh! Philip K. Dick! I imagine him all day watching microchip of a boned computer!
...all of him
(in Italy a great writer, is Stefano Benni, sarcastic, poet, genius!)
after that, me!!!
...and Rick Moody!!! (in many novels he talks about a boy who takes many many and many doses of LSD. maybe him?!)
But the beginning of "Drummer wanted call Alice" is a bit as teenager.
I dont like Virginia Woolf.
The Rickster
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I read probably too much. Especially now that the current medium of communication is instantaneous, visual and phrasemongering. (Do I sound bitter?). Anyway, you can’t fight the tide. But, to get to your question: read only the books that changed the medium.
I disagree with Abej. Bukowski is a poor writer: his content is limited and has a drab use of diction. If you are not currently in the habit of reading, I suggest you start with this list:
The Great Gatsby
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Plays of Oscar Wilde
Short stories of Flannery O'Connor
Portnoy’s Complaint by Phillip Roth
Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
I disagree with Abej. Bukowski is a poor writer: his content is limited and has a drab use of diction. If you are not currently in the habit of reading, I suggest you start with this list:
The Great Gatsby
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Plays of Oscar Wilde
Short stories of Flannery O'Connor
Portnoy’s Complaint by Phillip Roth
Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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I love P.H Dick and enjoyed many of his stories. I think his stories are Original sometimes scary and often very funny.
Bukowski is a well known writer however i never got around reading him. His content and style does not really appeal to me. Maybe sometime i will find the time to read him.
I have read Slaughterhouse five, i think it is not a great book but it,s an okay book. I also read some of his other books and found them very disapointing.
With Vonnegut i often get the feeling he is trying to hard to be funny and to write weird and surreal stories. From reading his books i often get the feeling that his work is a bit artifical.
Bukowski is a well known writer however i never got around reading him. His content and style does not really appeal to me. Maybe sometime i will find the time to read him.
I have read Slaughterhouse five, i think it is not a great book but it,s an okay book. I also read some of his other books and found them very disapointing.
With Vonnegut i often get the feeling he is trying to hard to be funny and to write weird and surreal stories. From reading his books i often get the feeling that his work is a bit artifical.