by John Fante · Editions 10/18 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264011534
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«Demande à la poussière» is the novel by John Fante published by Editions 10/18 in paperback (272 pages, in French).
Arturo Bandini, a young writer scraping by in a cheap Los Angeles hotel, manages to publish a story in a minor magazine. There he meets Camilla López, a waitress with whom he has a turbulent love-hate relationship. The novel starkly portrays poverty, ambition, and life in the city during the Great Depression.
Original title: Ask the Dust. French translation by Philippe Garnier. Belongs to the Arturo Bandini saga. The novel was originally published in 1939.
For readers of twentieth-century American fiction and admirers of Charles Bukowski, who considered Fante an influence.
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.
