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| Author | : John Fante |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2010-06-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0062013033 |
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 strike fear into the hearts of his sons. His mother, though ill and devout to her Catholicism, still has the power to comfort and confuse her children. This is typical of Fante's novels, it's autobiographical, and brimming with love, death, violence and religion. Writing with great passion Fante powerfully hits home the damage family can wreck upon us all.
| Author | : John Fante |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : California |
| ISBN | : 9780395250464 |
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 strike fear into the hearts of his sons. His mother, though ill and devout to her Catholicism, still has the power to comfort and confuse her children. This is typical of Fante's novels, it's autobiographical, and brimming with love, death, violence and religion. Writing with great passion Fante powerfully hits home the damage family can wreck upon us all.
| Author | : John Fante |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2010-05-18 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0062013009 |
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.
| Author | : J. Stephen Casscles |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2015-08-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780982520833 |
New York's Hudson Valley has long been known as the birthplace of American wine, with roots dating to the 1600s. For centuries, the region's challenging terroir has tested both viticulturalist and wine maker alike, spawning advances in cold-weather breeding, grape growing, and winemaking techniques. "Grapes of the Hudson Valley" is a practical guide for those who have an affinity for hybrid grapes and wines. Casscles enthusiastically shares his first-hand knowledge both in the vineyard and in the cellar to provide insight into the age-old vinifera vs. hybrid debate. His grape descriptions cover the common labrusca and French- American hybrids popular in northern America, as well as some forgotten varieties, and even vinifera, that can be successfully grown east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Grapes of the Hudson Valley presents key information on winter hardiness, vigor, fruit productivity, and wine quality, and is a valuable companion for budding vineyardists, seasoned growers, and wine makers who share cool climates and short growing seasons. It will also appeal to wine drinkers everywhere who enjoy cold-weather grape varietals, properly fermented and in their glass.
| Author | : John Fante |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2020-02-20 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781925788440 |
'The world's bleakest romantic comedy' - Los Angeles Times The narrator of John Fante's extravagant domestic comedy, who lives in Los Angeles, finds himself a home-owner and expectant father almost simultaneously and both sensations please him. It must be granted that there are certain adjustments to be made ...
| Author | : Richard Collins |
| Publisher | : Guernica Editions |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781550710717 |
John Fante, an important figure in the history of the Italian-American novel, is proving to be fascinating to contemporary readers. Richard Collins has caught Fante's spirit from several crucial angles: as an ethnic writer; as a comic novelist; as a serious writer struggling to remain so in Hollywood. Intelligent, balanced, informative, and empathetic, this book combines criticism with scholarship, and biography with history to make what Henry James would have called a perfect 'literary portrait,' for it gives life to an interesting subject.
| Author | : Dan Rhodes |
| Publisher | : Eye Books (US&CA) |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2021-10-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1785632949 |
'Dan Rhodes is a true original' – Hilary Mantel When the sleepy English village of Green Bottom hosts its first literary festival, the good, the bad and the ugly of the book world descend upon its leafy lanes. But the villagers are not prepared for the peculiar habits, petty rivalries and unspeakable desires of the authors. And they are certainly not equipped to deal with Wilberforce Selfram, the ghoul-faced, ageing enfant terrible who wreaks havoc wherever he goes. Sour Grapes is a hilarious satire on the literary world which takes no prisoners as it skewers authors, agents, publishers and reviewers alike.
| Author | : John Fante |
| Publisher | : Canongate Books |
| Total Pages | : 769 |
| Release | : 2014-08-14 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1782116001 |
Possessing a style of deceptive simplicity, emotional immediacy and tremendous psychological point, among the novels, short stories and screenplays that complete his career, Fante's crowning accomplishment is the Arturo Bandini tetralogy. 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.
| Author | : Robert Bedford |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 120 |
| Release | : 2014-05-23 |
| Genre | : Wine and wine making |
| ISBN | : 9780982520857 |
"When legend becomes fact,? the old Hollywood adage goes, ?print the legend.? For Brotherhood Winery, which produced its first documented vintage in 1839, legend and history intertwine. Its stories have been told and re-told, gaining scope and dimension. Some have been exaggerated beyond recognition.The true facts about Brotherhood have confused many people for many years. Is Brotherhood really the oldest winery in the United States? Who was the founder, and was he a Scottish emigrant, a French Huguenot, or a cloistered monk? Where did the name ?Brotherhood? actually come from? How did the winery survive Prohibition? Did Brotherhood truly invent ?wine tourism?? And how did it become the premium winery it is today?In THE STORY OF BROTHERHOOD, AMERICA?S OLDEST WINERY, Robert Bedford sets the record straight, and explores the remarkable past of the country?s oldest winery. The book celebrates nearly 175 years of captivating history, and commemorates its owners and stakeholders who contributed to the winery?s longevity through loyalty, perseverance, innovation, and sheer imagination.A remarkable collection of rare images vividly illustrate the evocative text, stories and anecdotes?as well as the facts?with over 350 photographs, labels, documents, memorabilia, and advertisements. Culled from private and public collections, and carefully restored by the author, most of the images and documents have never been published before, or seen outside of Brotherhood Winery.With this combination of insight and imagery, THE STORY OF BROTHERHOOD, AMERICA?S OLDEST WINERY unfolds through eras of grit and glamour. It is as comprehensive as it is pioneering; a major contribution to the history of winemaking and wine production in New York and the United States.
| Author | : John Fante |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 165 |
| Release | : 2010-05-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0062013181 |
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 was that most singular and startling craftsman of the building trade-a left-handed bricklayer. Like my father, Frank came from Torcella Peligna, a cliff-hugging town in the Abruzzi. Lean as a spider, he wore a leather cap and puttees the year around, and he was so bowlegged a dog could lope between his knees without touching them."
