by John Fante · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806171384
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«Dago Red» is a collection of stories by American writer John Fante, published by Einaudi in paperback (221 pages, in Italian).
Written from the 1930s onward, these stories focus on the Italian-American experience and on themes such as identity and family. With humour and emotion, Fante portrays 1930s America in pieces like «El albañil en la nieve».
Italian edition with subtitle «Racconti», from the Einaudi Stile Libero collection. Includes a preface by Domenico Starnone and translation by Francesco Durante and Maria Martone. Original from 1940.
For readers of short stories and American literature, as well as for fans of John Fante and Italian-American narrative.
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.
