Post Office
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- Author：Charles Bukowski
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Summary
"It began as a mistake。" By middle age， Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U。S。 Postal Service。 In a world where his three true， bitter pleasures are women， booze， and racetrack betting， he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains， outsmart vicious guard dogs， and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers。 This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer， poet， and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego， Chinaski。
Reviews
Meghan
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Not my brand
Navya Jain
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i am mighty impressed with the writing。 Its the life story of Charles Bukowski and apart from his unique life story he has such a unique writing style， he does not want to impress anybody with his writing skills， he just wanted to write。。 pure and honest。 This book taught me something。。 that writing is reality， you should be real while writing and that would do。
xc3lsior
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Having read this within the span of 48 hours， I totally get the hype surrounding Charles Bukowski's writing style。 A raw experience of Bukowski's alter ego Chinaski takes you on a ride that leaves you wanting for more。 This was my first read from Bukowski and I'm looking forward to reading more from the genius。 Having read this within the span of 48 hours， I totally get the hype surrounding Charles Bukowski's writing style。 A raw experience of Bukowski's alter ego Chinaski takes you on a ride that leaves you wanting for more。 This was my first read from Bukowski and I'm looking forward to reading more from the genius。 。。。more
Mike Futcher
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"I met an old drunk on the street one afternoon。 I used to know him from the days with Betty when we made the rounds of the bars。 He told me that he was now a postal clerk and that there was nothing to the job。 It was one of the biggest fattest lies of the century。 I've been looking for that guy for years but I'm afraid somebody else has gotten to him first。" （pg。 50）Charles Bukowski entertains in this signature rambling confessional novel about his eleven years working in menial jobs at the pos "I met an old drunk on the street one afternoon。 I used to know him from the days with Betty when we made the rounds of the bars。 He told me that he was now a postal clerk and that there was nothing to the job。 It was one of the biggest fattest lies of the century。 I've been looking for that guy for years but I'm afraid somebody else has gotten to him first。" （pg。 50）Charles Bukowski entertains in this signature rambling confessional novel about his eleven years working in menial jobs at the post office。 Reading Bukowski is almost cathartic， as he gives voice to your darker everyday thoughts about life。 Many will find themselves relating to the emotions and cynicisms he describes， and it is rather pleasing to see such thoughts laid out in print rather than just swimming around in your head。 His observations on the people around him are all on the money， particularly the pedants and jobsworths， the supervisors who all "had a look on their faces。。。 they must practice it in front of mirrors。。。 they looked at you as if you were a hunk of human shit" （pg。 52）。But more notable are his observations on the ordinary people， the wage-slaves - those people who have just given up on trying to make something of their life， and exist just to punch in and out each day and do menial labour。 At one point， Bukowski poignantly chronicles the breakdown of 'G。G'， an unremarkable old employee who "was neither liked nor disliked。 He was just there" （pg。 30） and was heartlessly cast aside when he had nothing left to give （his supervisor's first response， when told of G。G。's mental collapse， is "Who's manning his route？。。。 I gotta get somebody to man his route！" （pg。 33））。The general theme of Post Office is that such work， particularly when run by those jobsworth types whom just about every reader will have their own less-than-fond memories of， is soul-destroying， with your whole life geared towards servitude to the company。 "Damn， they won't let a man live at all， will they？" Chinaski， Bukowski's alter ego， remarks on page 75。 "They always want him at the wheel。" What Bukowski did， in his constant non-conformity and eventual resignation and subsequent novel-writing， was to place both hands on the wheel and choose to veer wildly all over the road。 Some of Chinaski's actions may seem petty （and if you had to work alongside Bukowski in such a job you would probably think he was a bit of a piss-ant） but you have to admire someone who is so intolerant of workplace servility that he could only suffer through it himself with an unstable mixture of stubbornness， indifference and outright contempt。 。。。more
Dave
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I like his style--edgy， gritty， and well acquainted with the existential struggles of modern living。
Dinara
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Это уже третья книга Буковски， прочитанная мной。 Грубо， грязно， иногда неприятно но все равно завораживающе。 Есть в этом свое очарование。
Dennis
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Gone postal as seen through Bukowski's eyes。 Raw and straight from the gut。 Gone postal as seen through Bukowski's eyes。 Raw and straight from the gut。 。。。more
Natodok
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Great story; I love how it was given。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top
Angelyn Bennett
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This book was great。 I like novels that are always suspenseful and keep me intrigued， and this wasn’t really one of them。 It was more difficult to finish， but nevertheless I loved it。 It got me thinking about life in different perspectives， and showed me what I should and shouldn’t put up with in the workplace。
Hauwa Samaila
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Maybe because of the narrative style being the first person， it was difficult to pity the main character 。 Just a trashy man， telling his trashy life story。 Humorous。 A humorous debut。 Very short， precise。
Josh Mucci
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A lot like listening to my grandpa tell stories。 Both an uninteresting plot and a book that I couldn't put down at the same time。 A lot like listening to my grandpa tell stories。 Both an uninteresting plot and a book that I couldn't put down at the same time。 。。。more
Gutlymyrat Yegendurdyyev
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Bukowskiniň ýazýan zatlaryny okamak hem aňsat， hem hezil。 Bu hem şolar ýaly。
Janet
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A spur of the moment re read from sometime in my teens。 I no longer romanticize the tortured （alcoholic） artist and therefore my perception of Bukowski is that he's more pathetic than edgy。 Some of it was funny， some was kind of boring （the horse track racing stuff）， and it was all pretty simple language。 All in all， I didn't get the whole tragic poet vibe I used to get。。。 a really quick read and interesting for self reflection purposes。 A spur of the moment re read from sometime in my teens。 I no longer romanticize the tortured （alcoholic） artist and therefore my perception of Bukowski is that he's more pathetic than edgy。 Some of it was funny， some was kind of boring （the horse track racing stuff）， and it was all pretty simple language。 All in all， I didn't get the whole tragic poet vibe I used to get。。。 a really quick read and interesting for self reflection purposes。 。。。more
Sal
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KO in the last roundA decent enough ending and last line that it made me not hate it and forgive a lot if the things I hated throughout the book。 But you know what？ As an aspiring "successful author" it makes me very happy to read classics that didn't give a fuck about the "right" way to write。 That being said I liked Ham on Rye much better。 KO in the last roundA decent enough ending and last line that it made me not hate it and forgive a lot if the things I hated throughout the book。 But you know what？ As an aspiring "successful author" it makes me very happy to read classics that didn't give a fuck about the "right" way to write。 That being said I liked Ham on Rye much better。 。。。more
Giulia
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3。5 ⭐️Recensione estremamente personale。Ok， questo libro non te la manda a dire， quindi sarò onesta anch’io。 È la storia di uno sfigato fancazzista che dice e fa sempre quello che gli passa per la testa， peccato che gli passino poche cose per la testa。 È malato di alcol e sesso e non riesce a tenersi un lavoro， non perché sia stupido， perché non lo vuole。 Ha una sorta di mood alla Fight club， o Wanted， il film。È tutto rose e fiori in un libro， poi Bukowski scriveva benissimo ed era una sorta di 3。5 ⭐️Recensione estremamente personale。Ok， questo libro non te la manda a dire， quindi sarò onesta anch’io。 È la storia di uno sfigato fancazzista che dice e fa sempre quello che gli passa per la testa， peccato che gli passino poche cose per la testa。 È malato di alcol e sesso e non riesce a tenersi un lavoro， non perché sia stupido， perché non lo vuole。 Ha una sorta di mood alla Fight club， o Wanted， il film。È tutto rose e fiori in un libro， poi Bukowski scriveva benissimo ed era una sorta di genio malato， un po’ come il protagonista *coff coff* （si sa che è lui in realtà）， però non si può pensare di esser tutti Chinaski/Bukowski perché se ti comporti in quel modo la gente può solo riderti in faccia， e a ben vedere。 Di Bukowski ce n’era solo uno purtroppo， e/o grazie a Dio。Insomma， il libro è bello， forse molto bello; ma il protagonista e la morale lasciano il tempo che trovano。 Inoltre stanca un po’， forse più corto sarebbe stato meglio。 Quello che mi è rimasto alla fine è un sorriso amaro， e forse tristezza per il mondo。Nota: questo libro me l’ha fatto leggere mio padre， per progetto con gli psicoterapeuti （lunga storia）， il che ne dice di più su di lui， che di me。 。。。more
Evangelos Anagnostou
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Excellent book。 Charles Bukowski using his alter ego character Henry Chinaski to illustrate our society and the prevails which exist nowadays。 Some times he is giving humor through bad language but with this method giving so much sense and reality to the story。
Matt
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Harrowing， grim， hilarious， depressing， and totally engrossing。The final chapter got me like nothing else。 Deeply sad。
Eliza Louise Bracken
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Contains: Language modern readers may find offensive and not much else to be honest。 What I enjoyed about this story: There are some clever， witty sentences。 What I didn't enjoy about this story: The lack of plot， the disgusting main character， and the misogynistic writing style。 Official rating: 3 stars Contains: Language modern readers may find offensive and not much else to be honest。 What I enjoyed about this story: There are some clever， witty sentences。 What I didn't enjoy about this story: The lack of plot， the disgusting main character， and the misogynistic writing style。 Official rating: 3 stars 。。。more
Heather
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I have questions I need answering。 What was the author's intention by having this published？ Is the reader supposed to sympathise with the main character？ How is this considered a classic？ There's no real plot， only snapshots as the story jumps from one stage of Henry Chinaski's tragic， hopeless life to another。 You really get to learn all about him and he's really all kinds of gross。 It's written in the same derogatory style reminiscent of the short stories I've read by Nathaneal West。 Positive I have questions I need answering。 What was the author's intention by having this published？ Is the reader supposed to sympathise with the main character？ How is this considered a classic？ There's no real plot， only snapshots as the story jumps from one stage of Henry Chinaski's tragic， hopeless life to another。 You really get to learn all about him and he's really all kinds of gross。 It's written in the same derogatory style reminiscent of the short stories I've read by Nathaneal West。 Positively rife with all the -isms。 The only reason this is getting a three star rating is because it was vaguely entertaining reading how Chinaski lived his life （in a I-can't-look-away kind of way）。 。。。more
Nixton。
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Damn， it was a good read。
Marios K
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Με ρούφηξε και το τελείωσα μέσα σε λίγες ώρες。 Του βάζω 5 αστέρια αλλά θέλω να τονίσω πως αν το είχα διαβάσει νωρίτερα θα είχα βάλει 4 στα περισσότερα βιβλία που έχω βάλει 5。
Becca Marr
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oy vey。 i'm a bukowski stan and this was a tough one。 love his poetry， didn't care for his prose :// oy vey。 i'm a bukowski stan and this was a tough one。 love his poetry， didn't care for his prose :// 。。。more
Sarah
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Bukowski is a brilliant writer。 I learned about him from a few quotes that I read from him here and there and from then he immediately became one of my favorite authors。The Post Office in my opinion is literally a reflection of Bukowski's own personal life （although I think I've read this review someplace else but I came up with it myself！ I promise you）。 There is no climax or anti-climax in the plot。 "Chinanski" is not a hero and I'm not sure if we can even call him the "protagonist" of the nov Bukowski is a brilliant writer。 I learned about him from a few quotes that I read from him here and there and from then he immediately became one of my favorite authors。The Post Office in my opinion is literally a reflection of Bukowski's own personal life （although I think I've read this review someplace else but I came up with it myself！ I promise you）。 There is no climax or anti-climax in the plot。 "Chinanski" is not a hero and I'm not sure if we can even call him the "protagonist" of the novel because he is amazingly ordinary （apart from in bed I assume！） and his life is very uneventful。 But I guess that's the brilliance of this book， it depicts mundane human life and doesn't even try （or pardon my French， as Chinanski says: doesn't give a f**k ） about tryin to make Chinanski a hero。anyhow， the book is a light read and I suggest you read it if you wanna be moderately entertained！ 。。。more
Teun van Kasteel
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Koester je kater。 Wees blij dat je je kut voelt， want dan voel je in ieder geval nog iets。 Neem jezelf en vooral anderen niet zo serieus。 Bukowski is een ware mentor。
Marta
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This was the first book of Bukowski that I read and I enjoyed very much。 In this book he’s kind of a sweet asshole， which is very contradictory。
sniow
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I absolutely fucking despised this character and his moping sadness and for， through all of his self destructive and nasty thoughts and habits we're still supposed to feel some sort of melancholy pity for him。 I understand we're not supposed to like him but I completely hated Henry。 I absolutely fucking despised this character and his moping sadness and for， through all of his self destructive and nasty thoughts and habits we're still supposed to feel some sort of melancholy pity for him。 I understand we're not supposed to like him but I completely hated Henry。 。。。more
Çağdaş
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Postane okuduğum üçüncü Charles Bukowski kitabı olduğundan kitabın aşağı yukarı neleri içereceğini biliyordum。 İş， işsizlik， içki， kadınlar， hipodromlar， trajikomik olaylar vb。 Charles Bukowski'nin diğer kitapları gibi bu kitabını da severek okudum。 Kitapta posta dağıtırken kendisine gelen postayı sadece elden alıp posta kutusuna attırmayan adamdan bahsettiği bir bölüm vardı。 Bir seferinde bir sebepten dolayı bu adamın posta kutusunun yanından ayrıldığını uzaktan görüp son sürat koşarak adam yet Postane okuduğum üçüncü Charles Bukowski kitabı olduğundan kitabın aşağı yukarı neleri içereceğini biliyordum。 İş， işsizlik， içki， kadınlar， hipodromlar， trajikomik olaylar vb。 Charles Bukowski'nin diğer kitapları gibi bu kitabını da severek okudum。 Kitapta posta dağıtırken kendisine gelen postayı sadece elden alıp posta kutusuna attırmayan adamdan bahsettiği bir bölüm vardı。 Bir seferinde bir sebepten dolayı bu adamın posta kutusunun yanından ayrıldığını uzaktan görüp son sürat koşarak adam yetişmeden postasını kutuya atmaya çalışıp， o adamın da hayır yapma！ diye bağırarak posta kutusuna koşturduğu kısmı okuduğumda baya gülmüştüm。Charles Bukowski kitaplarını seviyorsanız bu kitabı da Ekmek arası ve Factotum'u okuduktan sonra okuyun derim。 。。。more
Ronald Williams
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This book is a trip！ You would have to work for the Post Office to really understand that this guy got stories that are likely true。 He walks the walk and talks the talk like the old school players who these days would be retiring with 35-40+ years of service。 He knows the discipline system， scheme accuracy， and a slightly fizzled-out culture。 When you read it， you'll say this can't be real。 Yes it can！ This book is a trip！ You would have to work for the Post Office to really understand that this guy got stories that are likely true。 He walks the walk and talks the talk like the old school players who these days would be retiring with 35-40+ years of service。 He knows the discipline system， scheme accuracy， and a slightly fizzled-out culture。 When you read it， you'll say this can't be real。 Yes it can！ 。。。more
Eli Kagenaar
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''A la mañana siguiente， cuando entré， pude ver a La Roca observándome。 Me observaba de forma muy deliberada。 Estaba esperando a ver que hacía con la gorra。 Le dejé esperar un rato。 Entonces me quité la gorra de la cabeza y la puse encima de la caja。La Roca vino corriendo con su amonestación。 No la leí。 La tiré a la papelera， dejé la gorra donde estaba y seguí con el correo。Pude oir a La Roca con la máquina de escribir， había rabia en el sonido de las teclas。¿Dónde habrá aprendido este a escribi ''A la mañana siguiente， cuando entré， pude ver a La Roca observándome。 Me observaba de forma muy deliberada。 Estaba esperando a ver que hacía con la gorra。 Le dejé esperar un rato。 Entonces me quité la gorra de la cabeza y la puse encima de la caja。La Roca vino corriendo con su amonestación。 No la leí。 La tiré a la papelera， dejé la gorra donde estaba y seguí con el correo。Pude oir a La Roca con la máquina de escribir， había rabia en el sonido de las teclas。¿Dónde habrá aprendido este a escribir a máquina？， me preguntaba。Volvió de nuevo。 Entregó una segunda amonestación。 Le miré。-No tengo por qué leerla。 Ya sé lo que dice。 Dice que no he leído la primera amonestación。Tiré la segunda amonestación a la papelera。La Roca volvió corriendo a su máquina de escribir。Me entregó una tercera amonestación。-Mire- le dije-， ya sé lo que dicen todos estos papeles。 El primero era por tener mi gorra sobre la caja。 El segundo por o leer el primero。 Este tercero es por no leer ni el primero ni el segundo。 Le miré y entonces dejé caer la amonestación en la papelera sin leerla。-Puedo tirar estas cosas tan rápido como usted las escriba。 Puede continuar durante horas， y muy pronto uno de los dos va a empezar a caer en el ridículo。 Me refiero a usted。'' 。。。more
Sofia
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Der Typ kann einfach schreiben。
Reference
google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Post Office
hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Post Office&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Post Office&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0