Wait Until Spring, Bandini
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Beschrijving
A rediscovered classic about frustrated masculinity in America's Great Depression. Introduced by Dan Fante
Bandini is a magnificent creation, and his rediscovery is not before time
John Fante takes some beating . . . mean, moody, disturbing and intensely atmospheric
If you haven't yet discovered John Fante, you're in for a wonderful treat
John Fante knew how to make words sing
A lost classic of American literature . . . Evocative of a time with great parallels to our own, Fante's novel portrays youthful ennui and young love brilliantly
Born in Denver on 8 April 1909,
John Fante
migrated to Los Angeles in his early twenties. Classically out of place in a town built on celluloid dreams, Fante's literary fiction was full of torn grace and redemptive vengeance.
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 posthumously recognised in 1987 with a Lifetime Achievement Award by PEN in Los Angeles, four years after his death from diabetes-related complications.
