Factotum

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• Factotum

  Factotum, di seguito riportiamo la trama del romanzo e la presentazione dell'editore. Avventuroso e osceno, divertito e disperato, sboccato e insieme lirico, Factotum, il romanzo che ha rivelato Bukowski al pubblico italiano, è innanzitutto e sopratt ... (read full critics)

  Qlibri published on Mon, 22 Nov 2010

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  Down & Out with Bukowski

  Factotum is the 2nd book by Bukowski I've read (after Post Office), and so far, they have been very much the same: Bukowski's alter ego Henry Chinaski is a lazy alcoholic bastard without any ambitions but to drink, screw and bet on horses. Chinaski has as many jobs as the book has chapters - which i ... (continue)

  Factotum is the 2nd book by Bukowski I've read (after Post Office), and so far, they have been very much the same: Bukowski's alter ego Henry Chinaski is a lazy alcoholic bastard without any ambitions but to drink, screw and bet on horses. Chinaski has as many jobs as the book has chapters - which is a lot. Bukowski's style seems as off-hand and nonchalant as the man himself, and that is its brilliance. He writes more directly than any other writer I've read, and is funnier than most without seeming to even try.

  If you have two or three hours to spare and don't mind reading about the life of an unambitious drunkard, this book is highly recommended.

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  Niek said on Apr 14, 2009 | Add your feedback

• strange trip together with the restless sex-starved Henry Chinaski, always drunk and rarely sober, who smokes cigarettes and cheap cigars and likes listening to classical music. Chinaski accepts easily any job he comes along, a very humble job, but after few pages he is terminated. No chances. Durin ... (continue)

  strange trip together with the restless sex-starved Henry Chinaski, always drunk and rarely sober, who smokes cigarettes and cheap cigars and likes listening to classical music. Chinaski accepts easily any job he comes along, a very humble job, but after few pages he is terminated. No chances. During all the 163 pages, he never is going to land on a reliable job
  Short-term jobs, the problems of daily life and the struggle to subsist economically, the book is mostly set at Los Angeles, city which seems full of opportunities for underemployment, and it is populated of amusing characters (among others, prostitutes, looming figures of the bosses who are fully compliant with the rulebook).
  I simply adored such a long strange trip.

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  Albe said on Feb 5, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

• "You married, Manny?"
  "No way."
  "Women?"
  "Sometimes. But it never lasts."
  "What's the problem?"
  "A woman is a full-time job. You have to choose your profession."
  "I suppose there is an emotional drain."
  "Physical too. They want to fuck night and day."
  "Get one you like to fuck."
  "Yes, but if you dri ... (continue)

  "You married, Manny?"
  "No way."
  "Women?"
  "Sometimes. But it never lasts."
  "What's the problem?"
  "A woman is a full-time job. You have to choose your profession."
  "I suppose there is an emotional drain."
  "Physical too. They want to fuck night and day."
  "Get one you like to fuck."
  "Yes, but if you drink or gamble they think it's a put-down of their love."
  "Get one who likes to drink, gamble and fuck."
  "Who wants a woman like that?"

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  Jeanne D'Arc said on Feb 3, 2012 | Add your feedback

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  I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude;but I was dependent on it.

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  常不輕 said on Apr 18, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 205 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0863697658
• ISBN-13: 9780863697654
• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Pub date: Nov 06, 1992
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others
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