Ask The Dust
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Beschrijving
One of the great novels of L.A., a semi-autobiographical story of a struggling writer ('Fante was my God', Charles Bukowski)
Written of and from the gut and the heart . . . Fante was my god
A powerful and moving read
A tough and beautifully realised tale - affecting, powerful and poignant
This stunning novel, as Charles Bukowski's 1980 foreword outlines, was the reason he became a writer. Is there any better recommendation?
Bandini is a magnificent creation, and his discovery is not before time
John Fante
was born
in Denver on 8 April 1909 and migrated to Los Angeles in his early twenties.
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
(1938), his first novel, began the saga of Arturo Bandini, a character whose story continues in
The Road to Los Angeles
,
Ask the Dust
and
Dreams from Bunker Hill
- collectively known as The Bandini Quartet. Fante published several other novels, as well as stories, novellas and screenplays, in his seventy-four years, including
The Brotherhood of the Grape
(1977) and
1933 Was A Bad Year
(posthumously, 1985). He was recognised in 1987 with a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award in Los Angeles, four years after his death.
