must have been 2003 ... Yes, I think so. I was sixteen years old and in first degree (although this is irrelevant) In one of many evenings that should have been studying, I decided to turn the TV to see what they did. And it was on channel + where I found something interesting enough for my conscience would not harass me a lot, was a documentary about the actor Sean Penn. (Thanks Sean)
There I was, watching a documentary about someone who did not know almost nothing, without me even an idea that would change this documentary on me.
There was Sean, talking about his life when he dropped the bomb
- ...
- What people do you think have influenced your way of being?
- Undoubtedly, the writer Charles Bukowski ...
Then came a series of images of a man with unkempt beard, wise smile, rooms dirty whores in bed, and bottles of alcohol everywhere. As a voiceover talking about a certain Chinaski.
I've never been smart or clever. But the lack of such powers has always been replaced by my curiosity, so I was curious as well to learn who was this guy Charles Bukowski ...
next day I went to the bookstore and bought "Pulp " and " TheCaptain went out to lunch and the sailors took the boat "(daily) I first read Pulp, much later I found out that is not the only book biography of Charles, then read the newspaper, and even one or two years later there I read one of Bukowski. I liked, I liked a lot, and I could not say because I read more books than Charles, but in the end I followed the race I started 3 years ago.
And yesterday I decided to read my " the captain went to lunch and the sailors took the boat " (daily) to my surprise, he remembered that I liked so much. And it was on page 21 where I read it. Normally when I read something in a book that is worth remembering, l
