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John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles.
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- May 8, 1983
- April 8, 1909
- Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) by John Fante, Charles Bukowski (Introduction)
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)
- The Road to Los Angeles (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #2)
- The Brotherhood of the Grape.
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of American author John Fante, first published in 1939 and set during the Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels featuring the character Arturo Bandini as Fante's alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles.
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John Fante was a U.S. writer. Born to Italian immigrant parents, Fante moved to Los Angeles in the early 1930s. His first novel, Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938), was followed by his best-known book, Ask the Dust (1939), the first of his novels set in Depression-era California.
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Jan 1, 2001 · In the first comprehensive biography of John Fante, one of the great lost souls of twentieth-century literature, Stephen Cooper untangles the enigma of an authentic American original.
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John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles.
Jan 31, 2020 · 165 pages ; 24 cm. The story of Arturo Bandini, a would-be writer living beyond his means in seedy LA. When he meets cafe waitress Camilla Lopez, Bandini inflicts upon her a torrent of abuse, unable to show his true feelings. This strained relationship ultimately spirals into madness.
