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Born in 1909 in the United States, John Fante was described as one of the great outsider figures of twentieth century literature and yet is now regarded as one of the finest writers of his generation. Of his many literary works, 'The Bandini Quartet' - four stories of one man's struggles, are viewed as his greatest achievement. Here the four novels are brought together for the first time in one volume. The stories have a strong autobiographical tone and the main character, Arturo Bandini is often described as the author's alter ego. Bandini is a simple man from the hills of Abruzzi in Italy. A young Italian-American from a humble background he longs to escape his claustrophobic home in Colorado and fulfil his ambition to become a great novelist. Armed with only his Jesuit high school education, he heads for Depression-era Los Angeles to seek literary fame. This is a wonderful collection of stories, written with integrity and emotion that come instantly to life. Aspiring writers will sympathise with Bandini's eternal hopefulness, the belief that if he could, "write a sentence, a single perfect sentence" - more would surely follow. The stories are highly atmospheric and intensely powerful. Each novel stands alone and the collection can be read in any order but it is a luxury to have the complete series accessible in one volume. This edition also includes the first-ever UK publication of 'Dreams From Bunker Hill' - the wonderful and final novel, which was dictated by the author at the end of his life, when blind and wheel-chair bound. Not to be missed. (Kirkus UK)
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This quartet of novels tell of Fante's fictional alter-ego Bandini, an impoverished young Italian-American escaping his suffocating home in Colorado for Depression-era Los Angeles. In the beginning, it is the triple weights of poverty, father and Church that Bandini struggles under but though the physical escape is complete, the psychological imprint continues as he comes to terms with love, desire and the knowledge his talent may not be recognised.
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Born in 1909 in the United States, John Fante was described as one of the great outsider figures of twentieth century literature and yet is now regarded as one of the finest writers of his generation. Of his many literary works, 'The Bandini Quartet' - four stories of one man's struggles, are viewed as his greatest achievement. Here the four novels are brought together for the first time in one volume. The stories have a strong autobiographical tone and the main character, Arturo Bandini is often described as the author's alter ego. Bandini is a simple man from the hills of Abruzzi in Italy. A young Italian-American from a humble background he longs to escape his claustrophobic home in Colorado and fulfil his ambition to become a great novelist. Armed with only his Jesuit high school education, he heads for Depression-era Los Angeles to seek literary fame. This is a wonderful collection of stories, written with integrity and emotion that come instantly to life. Aspiring writers will sympathise with Bandini's eternal hopefulness, the belief that if he could, "write a sentence, a single perfect sentence" - more would surely follow. The stories are highly atmospheric and intensely powerful. Each novel stands alone and the collection can be read in any order but it is a luxury to have the complete series accessible in one volume. This edition also includes the first-ever UK publication of 'Dreams From Bunker Hill' - the wonderful and final novel, which was dictated by the author at the end of his life, when blind and wheel-chair bound. Not to be missed. (Kirkus UK)
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This quartet of novels tell of Fante's fictional alter-ego Bandini, an impoverished young Italian-American escaping his suffocating home in Colorado for Depression-era Los Angeles. In the beginning, it is the triple weights of poverty, father and Church that Bandini struggles under but though the physical escape is complete, the psychological imprint continues as he comes to terms with love, desire and the knowledge his talent may not be recognised.
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