Women

11 hrs. 14 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Charles Bukowski

Narrator Kirill Radtsig

Description

Charles Bukowski is a famous American writer of the 20th century, author of more than 40 books of various genres, including novels, poems, essays, and short stories. In his works he uses a naturalistic style, but they also contain lyricism and a distinctive kind of sentimentality.

His novel “Women” has all the characteristic features of his style—such as self-irony, lots of sexual scenes, and a dynamic plot. The book’s main character, Henry Chinaski, is a 50-year-old man who serves as an alter ego of the author himself. The novel includes many explicit sexual scenes, but at the center of it all is the hero’s endless love for women, his admiration and contempt.

Bukowski created the image of a rebel and a romantic who doesn’t accept rules and stays away from social stereotypes. His prose and poetry, which seem rough and cynical, actually contain deep poetry that can capture a reader’s heart forever.

It seems Bukowski wasn’t interested in whether people would hear him or not. He walked his own path, despising those who saw themselves as refined—art that seemed to him empty and degenerate.