Fante, John 1909-1983Overview
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Ask the dust
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49 editions published between 1939 and 2010 in 12 languages and held by 944 libraries worldwide Young Arturo Bandini comes to Los Angeles to be a writer. A disappointing love affair and his poverty prove bitter and disillusioning.
The brotherhood of the grape
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23 editions published between 1977 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 668 libraries worldwide
Wait until spring, Bandini
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44 editions published between 1938 and 2008 in 9 languages and held by 549 libraries worldwide Svevo Bandini, an Italian immigrant, and his wife Maria and son Arturo struggle to survive another Colorado winter.
1933 was a bad year
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14 editions published between 1985 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 502 libraries worldwide Trapped in a small, poverty-ridden town in 1933, under pressure from his father to go into the family business, seventeen-year-old Dominic Molise yearns to fulfill his own dreams.
The road to Los Angeles
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23 editions published between 1985 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 413 libraries worldwide
Dreams from Bunker Hill
by John Fante
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19 editions published between 1981 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 386 libraries worldwide
The wine of youth : selected stories
by John Fante
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8 editions published between 1985 and 2002 in English and held by 369 libraries worldwide
Full of life
by John Fante
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21 editions published between 1952 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 346 libraries worldwide
The big hunger : stories, 1932-1959
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6 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in English and French and held by 325 libraries worldwide
The John Fante reader
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6 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 308 libraries worldwide
West of Rome : two novellas
by John Fante
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20 editions published between 1985 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 289 libraries worldwide Analyse: Roman psychologique (intime).
Fante/Mencken : John Fante & H.L. Mencken : a personal correspondence, 1930-1952
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7 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 267 libraries worldwide
Selected letters, 1932-1981
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7 editions published between 1991 and 2002 in English and held by 188 libraries worldwide
Dago red
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3 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 103 libraries worldwide
A walk on the wild side
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2 editions published in 2004 in Spanish and English and held by 86 libraries worldwide A man searches for his lost love in 1930 New Orleans. He finds her working in a whorehouse and fights to save her.
The Bandini quartet
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3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 76 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 58 libraries worldwide Picnic: A slice-of-life drama set in small town Kansas; a drifter drops in on his old college buddy, and falls for the buddy's girl.
Bravo, Burro
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1 edition published in 1970 in English and held by 54 libraries worldwide Despite his father's objections, Manuel refuses to be parted from the burro he rescued from a fight with a cougar.
Romans. II, Le Vin de la jeunesse ; L'Orgie ; Pleins de vie
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8 editions published between 1986 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 37 libraries worldwide Analyse: Roman psychologique (intime).
Grosse faim : nouvelles, 1932-1959
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3 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in French and English and held by 36 libraries worldwide Recueil de 17 nouvelles inédites -qui ont parfois été publiées dans des revues ou des magazines américains- auxquelles s'ajoute l'intégralité du prologue à "Demande à la poussière". Elles abordent tous les thèmes chers à Fante : l'enfance et les dons d'imagination d'un écrivain en herbe, les conflits entre plaisir et péché, les impostures de la religion, le mensonge comme antidote à la misère... more
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Actresses American fiction Authors Authors, American Authorship Bandini, Arturo (Fictitious character) Bildungsromans Biography Bricklayers California California--Los Angeles City and town life Colorado Conference proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc. Depressions Divorce Divorced women Drama Drifters Emigration and immigration Entertainers Families Fante, John,--1909-1983 Fathers and sons Feature films Fiction Film adaptations Italian Americans Italian Americans--Cultural assimilation Italians Juvenile works Kansas Literature Louisiana--New Orleans Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Mencken, H. L.--1880-1956 Mexican American women--Cultural assimilation Nineteen thirties Novelists Novelists, American Prostitution Records and correspondence Screenwriters Triangles (Interpersonal relations) United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Witches Young men
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