The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and Other Stories is a book written by Charles Bukowski. The Most Beautiful Woman is the first short story of the book and is my most favorable.
I cannot remember the first time I heard the name 'Bukowski'. However, for me, I like his name and how it is pronounced. The name sounds unfamiliar that I'm surprised he's known as American author. I thought he's Russian or from a country around that area and he is. From this point, I wanted to read some of his work and The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and Other Stories was my first.
The Most Beautiful Woman in Town tells a story about Cass who is regarded as the most beautiful woman in the town written in the story. Other women are jealous of her, and men chase her for sexual desire. 'I', the first person narrator, is presented as a dirty old man. He's like others who want Cass, so he comes to the bar to meet her. They have a relationship for a while before separation. Cass ends up with committing suicide and 'I' regrets that he lets her go. He thinks he should have insisted the word 'no'.
What I'm impressed in Bukowski's work is his writing style and language use. After I read other short stories collected in the same book, I noted that he always uses simple words and short sentence structures. Thus, it is sharp and easy to understand. In addition, he presents his work reflecting himself. To illustrate, most of his work uses pronoun 'I' as if Bukowski himself is the one who is the protagonist in the story. There is one short story that he uses his real name as the name of the main character. Another observation is that he projects the main character reflecting some similar characterizations with those of himself like the definition 'a dirty old man'.
To conclude, I love Bukowski's work in terms of its sharp presentation, easy to read but direct to heart.
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