by John Fante · Christian Bourgois Editeur · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264010988
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«Bandini» is the novel by John Fante, published by Christian Bourgois Editeur in 1990 in paperback (266 pages, in French).
Arturo Bandini, a young man of Italian origin living in Colorado during the Great Depression, wants to make his way as a writer. Fante narrates his daily life with a direct tone, between humour and melancholy, and portrays the poverty, ambition and search for identity of his protagonist.
Novel originally published in 1938; it is part of the Arturo Bandini saga, made up of four books.
For readers of classic American fiction and coming-of-age novels with a social backdrop.
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. It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel, and is one in a series of four, published between 1938 and 1985, that are now collectively called "The Bandini Quartet." Ask the Dust was adapted into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Fante's published works while he lived included five novels, one novella, and a short story collection. Additional works, including two novels, two novellas, and two short story collections, were published posthumously. His screenwriting credits include, most notably, Full of Life, Jeanne Eagels (1957), and the 1962 films Walk on the Wild Side and The Reluctant Saint.
