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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Women canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literaryWork ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Charles Bukowski ⓘ
containsElement autobiographical elements ⓘ
explicit sexual content ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresAlterEgoOf Charles Bukowski ⓘ
featuresCharacter Lydia Vance ⓘ
Sara ⓘ
Tanya ⓘ
follows Factotum ⓘ
Post Office ⓘ
genre autobiographical novel ⓘ
dirty realism ⓘ
semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ
transgressive fiction ⓘ
hasAlterEgoCharacter Henry Chinaski ⓘ
hasTheme aging ⓘ
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 ⓘ
minimalist prose ⓘ
mainCharacter Henry Chinaski ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
originalPublisherLocation Santa Barbara, California ⓘ
linked to: Santa Barbara
partOfSeries Henry Chinaski novels ⓘ
protagonist Henry Chinaski ⓘ
publicationYear 1978 ⓘ
publisher Black Sparrow Press ⓘ
setting Los Angeles ⓘ
tone cynical ⓘ
darkly comic ⓘ
raw ⓘ

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