Post Office
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Post Office is a semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Bukowski that follows a hard-drinking, disillusioned postal worker navigating the drudgery and absurdity of his job.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Charles Bukowski's experiences as a postal worker ⓘ |
| containsDepictionOf |
alcoholism
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ menial labor ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Betty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Janie NERFINISHED ⓘ Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | United States Post Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Factotum ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
dirty realism ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalAlterEgoOf | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American working class
ⓘ
government bureaucracy ⓘ postal work ⓘ |
| hasTone |
cynical
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darkly comic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | underground literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | first novel by Charles Bukowski ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
raw and unvarnished portrayal of low-wage work
ⓘ
semi-autobiographical portrayal of Charles Bukowski ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Henry Chinaski novels ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Notes of a Dirty Old Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Black Sparrow Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
United States Postal Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
colloquial language
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minimalist prose ⓘ |
| theme |
absurdity of work
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addiction ⓘ alienation ⓘ bureaucracy ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ drudgery ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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