{"product_id":"hot-water-music-isbn-9780876855966","title":"Hot Water Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in \u003cem\u003eHot Water Music\u003c\/em\u003e.  He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite sized pieces of what is both beautiful and grotesque.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003cem\u003eHot Water Music\u003c\/em\u003e dash around the worst parts of town – a motel room stinking of sick, a decrepit apartment housing a perpetually arguing couple, a bar tended by a skeleton – and depict the darkest parts of human existence.  Bukowski talks simply and profoundly about the underbelly of the working class without raising judgement.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the way he writes about sex, relationships, writing, and inebriation, Bukowski sets the bar for irreverent art – his work inhabits the basest part of the mind and the most extreme absurdity of the everyday. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHot Water Music\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski, published in 1983. The collection deals largely with: drinking, women, gambling, and writing. It is an important collection that establishes Bukowski's minimalist style and his thematic oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887581851877,"sku":"NP9780876855966","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780876855966.jpg?v=1730227007","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hot-water-music-isbn-9780876855966","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}