Women
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"Women" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Bukowski that follows his hard-drinking alter ego Henry Chinaski through a series of raw, often chaotic relationships with various women.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
autobiographical elements
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explicit sexual content ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresAlterEgoOf | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Lydia Vance
NERFINISHED
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Sara NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
Factotum
NERFINISHED
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Post Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical novel
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dirty realism ⓘ semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ transgressive fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlterEgoCharacter | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
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alcoholism ⓘ alienation ⓘ emotional detachment ⓘ failure of conventional romance ⓘ hedonism ⓘ literary fame ⓘ loneliness ⓘ male-female relationships ⓘ masculinity ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ violence in relationships ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Charles Bukowski's personal life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | underground literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
confessional
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minimalist prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalPublisherLocation | Santa Barbara, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Henry Chinaski novels ⓘ |
| protagonist | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| publisher | Black Sparrow Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| tone |
cynical
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darkly comic ⓘ raw ⓘ |
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