vinnie
posts on 8/22/2007 3:45:38 PM
I loved Ask the Dust. However, I was slightly confused about the relationship of the two. Did Arturo sleep with Camille enen one time?
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Jack
posts on 10/25/2006 10:35:57 AM
As for religion he did go to a Jesuit school which he hated while he was there. But then again Fante has always disliked discipline. Not sure about the drama part... can you offer some insight on this?
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Djamshed
posts on 10/25/2006 12:37:10 AM
Argue and attempt to prove that John Fante dares the reader to pass judgment on Arturo Bandini. Then try and argue why Fante tries, and maybe even succeeds, at creating a character about whom many would pass negative judgment. (Reasons might include something to do with religion or drama or...?)
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Jack
posts on 12/25/2005 4:54:58 PM
I recently read Chuck Palahniuk's The Fight Club and Diary. I also read Delillo's Cosmopolitan. I read Bukowski's Post Office, Factotum and Pulp. I read Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I also read Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five (Billy Pilgrim is amazing). Lastly I read Albert Camus' The Stranger. I just read The Road to Los Angeles by John Fante and Ask the Dust by John Fante. This was my reading list the last month. I can tell you that John Fante kicks ass! Not only was he ahead of his time- but I think his writing style and themes are applicable during any time- 1930's or today. It's no wonder Bono from U2 is such a big fan of Fante and Bukowski! I have a great deal of respect for this writer...
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sh
posts on 3/2/2005 8:20:17 AM
i've not been able to get into a book for a few weeks and stumbled across this after seeing a bukowski recommendation on the cover. goo enough for me, i though. and it was; it was wonderful. they say the sentences sing at you and i couldn't agree more.
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