by John Fante · Le Grand Livre du Mois · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782702863527
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«Le vin de la jeunesse» (Dago Red) is a collection of stories by John Fante published by Le Grand Livre du Mois in paperback (331 pages, in French).
John Fante's stories centre on Arturo Bandini, son of Italian immigrants, from a poor childhood to his attempt to make his way in the Hollywood of the era. The tales combine nostalgia and harshness and address family life, religion, ambition and the identity of a young man who wants to leave his origins behind.
The book is the French version of The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories, a collection of stories published in 1985; this edition was published in 2001.
For readers of twentieth-century American fiction interested in Arturo Bandini and in the work that influenced authors such as Charles Bukowski.
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.
