Ham on Rye
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Ham on Rye is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel by Charles Bukowski that follows his alter ego Henry Chinaski through a bleak, darkly comic childhood and adolescence in Depression-era Los Angeles.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorRealName | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Depression-era Los Angeles ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Hot Water Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
bildungsroman ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlterEgoOfAuthor | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
adolescence
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alcoholism ⓘ bullying ⓘ childhood ⓘ domestic violence ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American education system
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abuse ⓘ adolescence ⓘ alienation ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ masculinity ⓘ poverty ⓘ social marginalization ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
dirty realism
ⓘ
transgressive fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of working-class Los Angeles
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semi-autobiographical depiction of Charles Bukowski's youth ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Henry Chinaski novels ⓘ |
| protagonist | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher | Black Sparrow Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingEra | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | Henry Chinaski's childhood and adolescence ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
ⓘ
darkly comic ⓘ |
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