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 John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short-story and screenwriter of Italian descent. The Brotherhood of the Grape (1977) Nobody crossed him without a battle. He disliked almost everything, particularly his wife, his...


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 John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short-story and screenwriter of Italian...



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FULL OF LIFE: A Biography of John Fante.(Review) (book review)
03/20/2000: 311 words, approx. 1 pages STEPHEN COOPER. FSC/North Point, $30 (398p) ISBN 0-86547-554-7 * Hailed by many as the great novel about L.A., Ask the Dust (Stackpole, 1939) was primed to place Fante--and his alter-ego Arturo Bandini-- in the American literaty world forever. Cooper, a film lechirer...
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 The Washington Post
John Fante's Superior Novel Leaves Film in the 'Dust'
03/24/2006: 634 words, approx. 2 pages "Ask the Dust" is one of the most eagerly awaited movies this season, which makes it all the more disappointing. On paper, the project looked bulletproof: Robert Towne, the screenwriter who brought Depression-era Los Angeles to such vivid life in his script for "Chinatown,"...



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Critical Essay by Richard Collins
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 In the following essay, Collins delineates the major thematic concerns of the stories comprising Dago Red.
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Critical Essay by Richard Collins
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 In the following essay, Collins investigates the role of baseball in Fante's novels and short fiction.
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Critical Essay by Donald Weber
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 In the following essay, Weber contends that Fante's early fiction “offers a rich testament to how the often disabling powers of shame and self-hatred can somehow inspire the literary imagination.”


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