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Lädt ... Ask the Dust (Original 1939; 2006. Auflage)von John Fante (Autor)
Werk-InformationenIch - Arturo Bandini. von John Fante (1939)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This one goes in the "I'm glad I read it as part of my ongoing literary education, but I didn't actually enjoy it" pile. For fans of Beat writers, existential socal noir (Ross Macdonald, Raymond Chandler), and books featuring whiny protagonists who think their genius is unrecognized by idiots who are out to get them (Catcher in the Rye, Confederacy of Dunces). ( ) Los Angeles en la década de los treinta. Instalado en un sórdido hotel en los barrios marginales de la gran ciudad, el joven aprendiz de escritor Arturo Bandini lucha por la dura supervivencia diaria, mientras sueña con el triunfo artístico y económico tras haber conseguido publicar un relato en una pequeña revista. Guiado por su mentor y editor J. C. Hackmuth (inspirado en H. L. Mencken), Arturo proclama a quien quiera escucharle que es un genio de las letras, mientras se enfrenta a una compleja relación amorosa con Camilla, una chica mexicana que trabaja como camarera. Incapaz de mostrarle sus auténticos sentimientos, Arturo se ve abocado a una destructiva relación de amor-odio mientras sigue soñando con alcanzar la gloria. I did not enjoy spending time with Arturo Bandini as a young near-destitute author in depression era Los Angeles. Everything he relates is so filtered through a self with the emotional intelligence of a gnat and only enough residual honesty to know when he is lying. His assumption that how he treats women is what they deserve is particularly distasteful, yet something in the language and the stuttering grasps at connection is compelling.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Ask the Dust, by John Fante. Today it's widely regarded as a classic of American literature; many have declared it the finest novel ever to emerge from Los Angeles. In addition to critical praise, the book has also found popular success, appearing on bestseller lists in both the US and Europe. In 2006 it was even made into a Hollywood film, starring Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell. But Fante's masterpiece has not always enjoyed such prominence. In fact, its journey to its current status has been long and highly unusual. Gehört zur ReiheBandini (3) Gehört zu VerlagsreihenLos 40 de Angrama (11) The Canons (17) Mirmanda (148) Ist enthalten inBearbeitet/umgesetzt inWird beantwortet inBemerkenswerte Listen
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. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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