by John Fante · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782267012637
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This volume collects three novels by John Fante: *The Road to Los Angeles*, *Bandini*, and *Ask the Dust*. The works explore themes of identity, ambition, and the pursuit of the American dream through the life of Arturo Bandini, a young Italian-American writer in Los Angeles during the Great Depression. Fante masterfully captures the struggle for acceptance and success in an unforgiving world.
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.
