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Literature & Fiction
West of Rome's two novellas, "My Dog Stupid" and "The Orgy," fulfill the promise of their rousing titles. The latter novella opens with virtuoso description: "His name was Frank Gagliano, and he did not believe in God. He... See More
Family Life
Henry Molise, a 50 year old, successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his aging parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, brick laying father, Nick, though weak and alcoholic, can still... See More
Historical Fiction
Trapped in a small, poverty-ridden town in 1933, under pressure from his father to go into the family business, seventeen-year-old Dominic Molise yearns to fulfill his own dreams. See More
Sagas
Fante's captivating letters trace his emergence from poverty to life as a Hollywood screenwriter. Complemented by many photos and interesting appendices, the book is most distinguished by Fante's letters to his... See More
Literature & Fiction
In the definitive biography of John Fante, English and film studies professor Stephen Cooper explores the life of a man whose muse was Los Angeles. See More
Literature & Fiction
It's not every day that a writer, almost unheard of in his lifetime, emerges twenty years after his death as a voice of his generation. But then again, there aren't many writers with such irrepressible genius as John... See More
Family Life
My first collision with fame was hardly memorable. I was a busboy at Marx's Deli. The year was 1934. The place was Third and Hill, Los Angeles. I was twenty-one years old, living in a world bounded on the west by Bunker... See More
Coming of Age
I had a lot of jobs in Los Angeles Harbor because our family was poor and my father was dead. My first job was ditchdigging a short time after I graduated from high school. Every night I couldn't sleep from the pain in my... See More
United States
Published here for the first time, this text presents a collection of recently-discovered stories by John Fante. See More
Family Life
He came along, kicking the snow. Here was a disgusted man. His name was Svevo Bandini, and he lived three blocks down that street. He was cold and there were holes in his shoes. That morning he had patched the holes on the... See More
Short Stories
This new edition of the legendary Dago Red, first published in 1940, contains seven new stories, including "A Nun No More" and "My Father's God." See More
Literature & Fiction
Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking... See More
Literature & Fiction
Prólogo de Charles Bukowski Los Ángeles en la década de los años treinta. Instalado en el un sórdido hotel en los barrios marginales, el joven aprendiz de escritor Arturo Bandini lucha por la dura supervivencia... See More
Foreign Languages
«Chiedi alla polvere è un romanzo costruito su tre storie. Prima: un ventenne sogna di diventare uno scrittore e in effetti lo diventa. Seconda: un ventenne cattolico cerca di vivere nonostante il fatto di essere... See More
Literature & Fiction
Orgueilleux, emphatique, looser provocateur, Arturo Bandini bourlingue dans l'Amérique des années trente. Enfermé dans un placard qui lui sert de " bureau ", errant de petits boulots en grosses galères, Bandini veut... See More