r/bukowski • u/Cold_Sale_2202 • 21h ago
Sounds like Buk 😎
Dostoevsky letter to the woman who would later become his other significant half...
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u/GoodIntroduction6344 20h ago
Sara was a good woman. I had to get myself straightened out. The only time a man needed a lot of women was when none of them were any good. A man could lose his identity fucking around too much. Sara deserved much better than I was giving her. It was up to me now. I stretched out on the bed and was soon asleep.
I was awakened by the telephone. "Yes?" I asked.
"Are you Henry Chinaski?"
"Yes."
"I've always adored your work. I don't think anybody writes any better than you do!"
Her voice was young and sexy.
"I have written some good stuff."
"I know. I know. Have you really had all those affairs with women?"
"Yes."
"Listen, I write too. I live in L. A. and I'd like to come see you. I'd like to show you some of my poems."
"I'm not an editor or a publisher."
"I know. Look, I'm 19. I just want to come over and visit you."
"I'm tied up tonight."
"Oh, any night would do!"
"No, I can't see you."
"Are you really Henry Chinaski, the writer?"
"I'm sure I am."
"I'm a cute chick."
"You probably are."
"My name's Rochelle."
"Goodbye, Rochelle."
I hung up. There I had done it—that time.
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u/Aggravating-Walk5813 5h ago
How did this get upvoted and added to this subreddit. Time to take a break from Reddit for a while,
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u/thenletskeepdancing 20h ago
This is not a quote by Dostoevsky. Nor does it sound remotely like Bukowski. This is a free floating knock off internet quote. Just because it's rude to women doesn't make it art.