9/1/2007 - Tagged...and it's another Bukowksi entry
I have officially been tagged by Deena. The rules are as follows:
Find the nearest book.-
Name the book and the author.-
Turn to page 123.-
Go to the fifth sentence on the page.-
Copy out the next three sentences and post to your blog.-
Tag three more folks.
So, having just finished Selected Letters 1 by Charles Bukowski, I started to read volume 2 yesterday. What better candidate to choose for this subject? And here's page 123, fifth sentence and following:
'I am still listening to Bruckner 9th. do you think I am cultured, little girl? I like this stuff. if I weren't so poor I'd make a beautiful snob. even now I think I could be a music critic for the New York Times if they's let me. but they wouldn't. before I was finished they'd burn the Times down or some music lover would assassinate me. '
[The 'little girl' is Carl Weissner, publisher and Bukowski's future literary agent in Germany. As you can see, Bukowski didn't care too much for placing a capital at the beginning of a sentence.]
[Charles Bukowski, Selected Letters Volume 2: 1965-1970, Virgin Books - If you are interested in this book and live in Melbourne, try Horton Books, 100 Smith Street, Collingwood. That's where I found all my copies!]
As to the last part of the 'tagged' task: I really couldn't come up with three names, so anybody reading this, please feel free to join the game!
[For more Bukowski, please see entries 13 and 28 december 2006]
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