John Fante

Brotherhood of the Grape

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Fante's maturest, indeed, wisest work.Steve Cooper, from Full of Life, A Biography of John FanteHenry Molise, a 50-year-old successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his elderly parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, bricklaying father, Nick, despite being weakened by age and alcoholism, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. His mother, ill and devoutly Catholic, still has the power both to comfort and confuse her children.Nick has been offered a some well-paid work to build a somkehouse in the hills, and Henry, realising this is the last chance for father and son to understand each other,… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84195-619-0
EAN: 9781841956190
Produktnummer: 1316064
Verlag: Canongate Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H19.6 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.5 cm 152 g
Auflage: Main
Gewicht: 152
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Born in Denver on 8 April 1909, John Fante migrated to Los Angeles in his early twenties. Classically out of place in a town built on celluloid dreams, Fante's literary fiction was full of torn grace and redemptive vengeance. Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938), his first novel, began the saga of Arturo Bandini, a character whose story continues in The Road to Los Angeles, Ask the Dust and Dreams from Bunker Hill - collectively known as The Bandini Quartet. Fante published several other novels, as well as stories, novellas and screenplays in his seventy-four years, including The Brotherhood of the Grape (1977) and 1933 Was A Bad Year (posthumously, 1985). He was posthumously recognised in 1987 with a Lifetime Achievement Award by PEN in Los Angeles, four years after his death from diabetes-related complications.