the similarities of our hells

Ao ler Céline, pus-me a pensar se o Bukowski o lera ou não, mas se não, devia tê-lo feito. Depois vasculhei umas coisas e na página 259 de 'Betting on the Muse' encontrei:

1) a resposta: this is high praise / indeed / and I know what / they mean: / my nerve to go / on was helped / by reading / Fante, Dostoevsky, / Lawrence, Celine, Hamsun / and others.

2) o porquê: the word / raw on the page, / the similarities / of our hells, / when it all comes / through with / special / force, / those words and / what they speak / of do help / get our asses / through the / fire.

e 3) a conclusão: a good book / can make an almost / impossible / existence, / liveable / for the reader / and / the writer.