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Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young wr...
In the definitive biography of John Fante, English and film studies professor Stephen Cooper explores the life of a man whose muse was Los Angeles....
It's not every day that a writer, almost unheard of in his lifetime, emerges twenty years after his death as a voice of his generation. But then again...
Henry Molise, a fifty-year-old successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his elderly parents want to divorce. Henry...
West of Rome's two novellas, "My Dog Stupid" and "The Orgy," fulfill the promise of their rousing titles. The latter novella opens with virtuoso descr...
A Joining of Voices and Views
This volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity of reflections and readings of John Fante’s 1939 classic, Ask the Dust, a true te...
John Fante & H.L. Mencken : a Personal Correspondence, 1930-1952
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Published here for the first time, this text presents a collection of recently-discovered stories by John Fante....
He came along, kicking the snow. Here was a disgusted man. His name was Svevo Bandini, and he lived three blocks down that street. He was cold and the...
Roman
Die Trilogie
»Fante war mein Gott.« Charles Bukowski. Die Bandini-Romane sind das opus magnum von John Fante, dem großen, erst kürzlich weltweit triumphal wied...
A Novel
Arturo Bandini rises from busboy to successful Hollywood screenwriter, but finds that he still is not satisfied with his life....
A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry ...
Two Novellas
Tells the stories of a struggling screenwriter who takes in a stray dog, and a young boy who becomes disillusioned by his father's atheist co-worker....
Arturo Bandini, who lives with his mother and sister in Depression-era California, rejects religion and work and dreams of becoming a great writer...
Selected Stories
Jeugdherinneringen van een Amerikaan van Italiaanse afkomst, die zich afspelen in Denver kort na de Eerste Wereldoorlog....
Bon et méchant, généreux et voleur, Arturo Bandini détruit d'une main ce qu'il construit de l'autre. Dans son roman de jeunesse devenu culte, Fant...
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