Verlag | HarperCollins UK |
Auflage | 2006 |
Seiten | 192 |
Format | 13,4 x 20,3 x 1,0 cm |
Gewicht | 148 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0060822554 |
EAN | 9780060822552 |
Bestell-Nr | 06082255EA |
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, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to survive, he perseveres until, at last, his first novel is published. But the bright light of success is extinguished when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears . . . and Bandini forever rejects the writer's life he fought so hard to attain.
Rezension:
"Either the work of John Fante is unknown to you or unforgettable. He was not the kind of writer to leave room in between." - New York Times