by John Fante · 10 X 18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264034496
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«Le vin de la jeunesse» is a short story collection by John Fante, published by 10 X 18 in paperback (336 pages, in French).
The work centres on Dago Red, son of Italian immigrants in Colorado, between a choleric, authoritarian father and an exhausted mother: he goes to church, gets beaten and dreams of being a baseball star in his attempt to feel American. The whole combines humour and bitterness to portray childhood and the immigrant experience.
Translated from English by Brice Matthieussent; original title «The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories» (1985).
For readers of classic American fiction interested in stories about childhood, family and immigration.
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.
