{"product_id":"9780008223663","title":"Essential Bukowski: Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘The best poet in America’ Jean Genet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels’ Leonard Cohen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is Bukowski eating walnuts and scratching his back, rolling a cigarette while listening to Brahms, showering with Linda in the mid-afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is Bukowski knowing that the secret is beyond him, that people who never go crazy live truly horrible lives, that there’s a bluebird in his heart that wants to get out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is Bukowski at his most hilarious and heart-breaking, his most raw and profound; here is Bukowski at his best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBukowski, an American icon, delves into themes of love, loss, and death with a rawness that is both inspirational and heart-wrenching. His exploration of these subjects, often considered taboo, is a testament to his top-tier writing prowess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Jack Kerouac (Piers of the Homeless Night), Lumière Publishing (Rainer Maria Rilke's Little Book of Selected Quotes), Ernest Hemingway (A Moveable Feast), Albert Camus (Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays), and Haruki Murakami (What I Talk About When I Talk About Running).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Bukowski, Edited by Abel Debritto, Read by Eric Meyers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46888990539925,"sku":"9780008223663","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008223663.jpg?v=1776888138","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008223663","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}