Vintage Fante, brimming with love, death, violence and religion von Fante, John

In the definitive biography of John Fante, English and film studies professor Stephen Cooper explores the life of a man whose muse was Los Angeles. von Fante, John

West of Rome's two novellas, "My Dog Stupid" and "The Orgy," fulfill the promise of their rousing titles. The latter novella opens with virtuoso description: "His name was Frank Gagliano, and he did not believe in God. He was that most...

My first collision with fame was hardly memorable. I was a busboy at Marx's Deli. The year was 1934. The place was Third and Hill, Los Angeles. I was twenty-one years old, living in a world bounded on the west by Bunker Hill, on the east...

I had a lot of jobs in Los Angeles Harbor because our family was poor and my father was dead. My first job was ditchdigging a short time after I graduated from high school. Every night I couldn't sleep from the pain in my back. We were...

This new edition of the legendary Dago Red, first published in 1940, contains seven new stories, including "A Nun No More" and "My Father's God." von Fante, John

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. von Fante, John

Omnibus edition including: "Wait Until Spring, Bandini", "The Road To Los Angeles", "Ask The Dust" and "Dreams From Bunker Hill". von Fante, John

1933 war ein schlimmes Jahr von Fante, John

»John Fantes Romane gehören zum Besten, was die amerikanische Literatur je hervorgebracht hat.« Charles Bukowski50 Jahre nach seinem Tod erschien Fantes erster Roman um sein Alter Ego Arturo Bandini, einen so größenwahnsinnigen wie...

Frustrated masculinity in America's Great Depression, reissued eighty years after publication. Young Arturo is left to pick up the pieces following his father's abandonment of the family. von Fante, John

Reissue. von Fante, John