Poemas de la última noche de la tierra

by Charles Bukowski, Eduardo Moga (Translator)

Poemas de la última noche de la Tierra, publicado en 1992, es el gran libro de madurez de Charles Bukowski (Andernach, 1920-Los Ángeles,1994), el padre del realismo sucio. La poesía violenta y verdadera del autor californiano, que explora los bajos fondos de las ciudades y del alma, se acendra en este poemario escrito pocos años antes de su muerte. La inminencia del fin parece urgir a Bukowski a disfrutar de sus placeres de el placer de escribir, el placer de beber, el placer de amar, y a denunciar, con más fuerza que nunca, lo que el trabajo, las multitudes, la estupidez. Sobreponiéndose a un ahogo existencial que, en su caso, se ha disfrazado de nihilismo e insumisión, Bukowski se entrega a la exaltación del ser, al acto, absoluto y suficiente, de vivir, con una máquina de escribir delante y una copa de vino al lado. Su crudeza no oculta sino es el privilegio de los que escriben con el corazón, sin tramoyas ni claudicaciones.

Genres: Poetry

350 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Henry Charles Bukowski (born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.It is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books

Charles Bukowski was the only child of an American soldier and a German mother. At the age of three, he came with his family to the United States and grew up in Los Angeles. He attended Los Angeles City College from 1939 to 1941, then left school and moved to New York City to become a writer. His lack of publishing success at this time caused him to give up writing in 1946 and spurred a ten-year stint of heavy drinking. After he developed a bleeding ulcer, he decided to take up writing again. He worked a wide range of jobs to support his writing, including dishwasher, truck driver and loader, mail carrier, guard, gas station attendant, stock boy, warehouse worker, shipping clerk, post office clerk, parking lot attendant, Red Cross orderly, and elevator operator. He also worked in a dog biscuit factory, a slaughterhouse, a cake and cookie factory, and he hung posters in New York City subways.

Bukowski published his first story when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. His first book of poetry was published in 1959; he went on to publish more than forty-five books of poetry and prose, including Pulp (1994), Screams from the Balcony (1993), and The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992).

He died of leukemia in San Pedro on March 9, 1994.

Reviews

[Yani Bautista · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Poemas de la última noche de la tierra" de Charles Bukowski se siente como un viaje íntimo a través de los rincones más crudos y sinceros de la existencia humana. Bukowski, con su estilo desenfadado y a menudo brutalmente honesto, captura la esencia de la vida cotidiana, con todas sus imperfecciones, bellezas ocultas y momentos de claridad. Esta colección de poemas me sumerge en reflexiones sobre el amor, la soledad, el sufrimiento y la búsqueda de significado en un mundo que a menudo parece carente de él.

[William Lozano-Rivas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es Bukowski. La poesía de la miseria y el fracaso. ¡Genial!

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simplemente hermoso.