Ask the Dust by John Fante (English) Paperback Book

Description: Ask the Dust by John Fante Originally published: Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, c1980. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to survive, he perseveres until, at last, his first novel is published. But the bright light of success is extinguished when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears . . . and Bandini forever rejects the writers life he fought so hard to attain. Author Biography John Fante began writing in 1929 and published his first short story in 1932. His first novel, Wait Until Spring, Bandini, was published in 1938 and was the first of his Arturo Bandini series of novels, which also include The Road to Los Angeles and Ask the Dust. A prolific screenwriter, he was stricken with diabetes in 1955. Complications from the disease brought about his blindness in 1978 and, within two years, the amputation of both legs. He continued to write by dictation to his wife, Joyce, and published Dreams from Bunker Hill, the final installment of the Arturo Bandini series, in 1982. He died on May 8, 1983, at the age of seventy-four. Review "Either the work of John Fante is unknown to you or unforgettable. He was not the kind of writer to leave room in between." -- New York Times Details ISBN0060822554 Author John Fante Short Title ASK THE DUST Language English ISBN-10 0060822554 ISBN-13 9780060822552 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 813.52 Year 2006 Birth 1909 Death 1983 Series P. S. DOI 10.1604/9780060822552 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2006-02-07 NZ Release Date 2006-02-07 US Release Date 2006-02-07 UK Release Date 2006-02-07 Pages 192 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Publication Date 2006-02-07 Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Audience General Imprint US Ecco Publisher US HarperCollins Illustrations Illustrations, black and white We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:6543647;

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