About the book Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski.

1. Fernanda Maitê dos Passos
Luiz Gustavo Retzlaff
Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski

2. ABOUT THE
BUKOWSKI
Heinrich Karl Bukowski was born
in Andernach, Germany, in 1920.
At the age of 3, he moved to the
USA.
Lived for 50 years in LA and died
in March 9, 1994 (73 years old).

3. ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
He published his first short story
at 24, in 1944.
His literature is autobiographical
and it approaches themes and
marginal characters (prostitutes,
sex, alcoholism, miserable people
and eschatological experiences).

4. ABOUT THE BOOK
From 1982, is a semi-autobiographical
novel about Henry Chinaski (Bukowski’s
alter ego). Narrated in first person by
Chinaski, it centers on the life of his life,
this time during his childhood and
teenage years.

5. “The first children of my age that I knew
were in kindergarten. They seemed very
strange, they laughed and talked and
seemed happy. I didn't like them.”

6. “The girls seemed to be more serious about it.
That's why I didn't really trust them.”
“It did not pay to trust another human being."

7. “I had decided against religion a couple of years
back. If it were true, it made fools out of people,
or it drew fools. And if it weren't true, the fools
were all the more foolish.”

8. “- Are you a cynic?
- I'm unhappy. If I was a cynic it would probably make me feel better."