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Plot Summary of Women
"This is probably thinly-disguised autobiography, as much of Bukowski's prose may be. A (non-)spiritual literary descendant of Henry Miller, Bukowski wrote and screwed his way through the world, but redeemed himself to the extent that he never kidded himself or others. He never pretended to be anything he wasn't, and he wrote fine, honest -- if often vulgar -- prose. Something of an acquired taste, his view from the gutter has a refreshing honesty about it, one that may show the reader sides of the world (and even him- or herself) that is rarely encountered in literature."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Women
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - boatload of casual sex without love
Life of a profession: - bum
Other aspects: - story of the poor
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Main char. serviced by prostitute? Yes
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Lover is - of a different social class
Wisdom from homeless/bum? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - wild
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes
The US: - West - California
City? Yes
City: - dirty, grimy (like New York)

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - descript. of female anat. (the big V)
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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