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Bandini Quartet John Fante
Canongate 1841954977 / 9781841954974 Paperback New
Fante was my God-Charles Bukowski. Good enough for Bukowski good enough for you. This collects four of his poignant and moving novels written in the late 30's- Wait Until Spring Bandini Road To Los Angeles Ask The Dust and Dreams From Bunker Hill. Centered around Fante's alter-ego Arturo Bandini these are tales of hard times hard men hard living and not easily forgotten.
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29.95 AUD
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Big Hunger John Fante, Introduction by Stephen Cooper
David R. Godine 1574231200 / 9781574231205 Paperback New
Fante who died in 1983 is receiving some belated recognition for novels like Ask the Dust and Wait Until Spring Bandini. His biographer Stephen Cooper has unearthed 18 previously uncollected stories that Fante wrote over 27 years ranging from derivative and self-indulgent juvenilia to intelligent and meaningful tales of the immigrant experience. Prologue to Ask the Dust is essentially a pr cis of the novel displaying a savage energy and sense of immediacy. This and several other stories bring the Los Angeles of some 60 years ago to life. In the memorable Mary Osaka I Love You Filipino dishwasher Mingo Mateo falls in love with the daughter of his Japanese employer. Mingo's friends are violently opposed to the union but Mingo and Mary argue that politics and race should not interfere with love. They elope to Las Vegas and marry on December 7 1941. Bus Ride is another tenser tale of interracial attraction this time between a Filipino man and a European-American woman. Fante himself was Italian and there are several stories about Italian immigrants. A family in The Bad Woman unite to keep a son and brother from making what they believe is a bad marriage. The Sins of the Mother tells of a formidable matriarch who is determined that her beautiful daughter not marry a truck driver. Like many of the stories in the volume this one echoes with understated passion though the prose is calm and the dialogue polite. The collection is uneven but weaker pieces are outweighed by those that show Fante's heartbreaking and precise vision in top form.
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West Of Rome John Fante
David R. Godine Publisher Inc 0876856776 / 9780876856772 Paperback New
John Fante was a great writer. I was introduced to his books through Charles Bukowski. I have read most of his available works. West of Rome is a great book. It contains two novellas. The first one My Dog Stupid is a glorious tale. Fante really captures the feeling of Italian Americans in the early part of the 20th Century. Some may not like the ethnicity but to me it lends a heartrending realism to the stories. The reader will probably feel the emotions of the characters as they tackle life problems. (I almost feel like Bill Clinton here: I feel your pain man) The story revolves around a family with kids finally grown and setting out for life and their parents adapting to the changes. The dog that enters into their life becomes a motif for the changes in their world. It is a beautiful tale. The second story The Orgy is not as good but it is still classic Fante. This is a grossly underrated writer.
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