1933 war ein schlimmes Jahr von Fante, John

"Der Weg nach Los Angeles" von Alex Capus ist ein Roman, der die Geschichte von Max und Tina erzählt, einem Paar aus der Schweiz, das sich auf eine Reise in die USA begibt. Der Roadtrip führt sie quer durch den amerikanischen Westen bis...

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

Eines Abends im vergangenen September rief mein Bruder aus San Elmo an, um mir zu berichten, dass zwischen Mama und Papa wieder von Scheidung die Rede war. »Schön, was gibt's sonst Neues?« »Diesmal ist es ernst«, sagte Mario. Um die...

Ask the Dust von Fante, John

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...

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...