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What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

by Charles Bukowski · 1999

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This second posthumous collection from Charles Bukowski takes readers deep into the raw, wild vein of writing that extends from the early 70s to the 1990s.

Themes
addictionaddictionMore like thisLess of thisartartMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Mood
tear jerkertear jerkerMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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