John Fante

John Fante has written at least 51 books. Their most popular book is Ask the Dust with 112 saves with an average rating of 3.88⭐.

Author Bio

John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent.

By far, his most popular novel is the semi-autobiographical *Ask the Dust*, the third book in what is now referred to as "The Saga of Arturo Bandini" or "The Bandini Quartet". Bandini served as his alter ego in a total of four novels: *Wait Until Spring, Bandini* (1938), *The Road to Los Angeles* (chronologically, this is the first novel Fante wrote but it was unpublished until 1985), *Ask the Dust* (1939), and finally *Dreams from Bunker Hill* (1982), which was dictated to his wife, Joyce, towards the end of his life. Fante's use of Bandini as his alter ego can be compared to Charles Bukowski's character, Henry Chinaski. Bukowski was heavily influenced by John Fante.

In the late 1970s, at the suggestion of novelist and poet Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press began to republish the (then out-of-print) works of Fante, creating a resurgence in his popularity.

Wikipedia

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Ask the Dust John Fante	3.88	41 reads
Wait Until Spring, Bandini John Fante	3.9	8 reads
The Road to Los Angeles John Fante	3.75	5 reads
Dreams From Bunker Hill John Fante	4	6 reads
The Brotherhood of the Grape John Fante	3	3 reads
Chiedi alla polvere John Fante Mariagiulia Castagnone (Translator)	3.67	8 reads
Full of Life John Fante	4	2 reads
The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories John Fante	0	1 read
The Bandini Quartet John Fante	0	1 read
West of Rome John Fante	4	3 reads
Pregúntale al polvo John Fante	4.33	3 reads
La confraternita dell'uva John Fante Francesco Durante (Translator)	2.67	3 reads
La hermandad de la uva John Fante Antonio-Prometeo Moya (Translator)	4	1 read
A Primavera Há-de Chegar, Bandini John Fante Rui Pires Cabral (Translator)	3	1 read
Pergunte ao Pó John Fante	5	0 reads
The John Fante Reader John Fante Stephen Cooper	0	1 read
1933 Was A Bad Year John Fante	0	0 reads
Un año pésimo John Fante Antonio-Prometeo Moya (Translator)	4	1 read
Aspetta primavera, Bandini John Fante Carlo Corsi (Translator)	4	1 read
Demande à la poussière John Fante Philippe Garnier (Translator)	0	1 read
Wait Until Spring Bandini John Fante	0	0 reads
Full of life John Fante Alessandra Osti (Translator)	4	1 read
Mon chien Stupide Mon chien Stupide John Fante Brice Matthieussent (Translator)	4	1 read
O Caminho de Los Angeles John Fante	4	1 read
Sogni di Bunker Hill John Fante Francesco Durante (Translator)	0	0 reads
La strada per Los Angeles John Fante Francesco Durante (Translator)	0	0 reads
The Wine of Youth John Fante	0	0 reads
A Estrada para Los Angeles John Fante	3	1 read
A ovest di Roma John Fante	0	1 read
Bractwo winnego grona John Fante Magdalena Koziej (Translator)	5	0 reads
Pył John Fante Andrzej Appel (Translator)	5	0 reads
Camino de Los Ángeles Camino de Los Ángeles John Fante	0	0 reads
Sueños de Bunker Hill John Fante Antonio-Prometeo Moya Valle (Translator)	0	0 reads
Al oeste de Roma John Fante Antonio-Prometeo Moya Valle (Translator)	0	0 reads
Llenos de vida John Fante Antonio-Prometeo Moya (Translator)	0	0 reads
El vino de la juventud John Fante Antonio-Prometeo Moya (Translator)	0	0 reads
The Big Hunger John Fante	0	0 reads
1933 Foi um Ano Ruim John Fante	5	1 read
Prologue to Ask the Dust John Fante	0	0 reads
Dago Red John Fante Maria Martone (Translator) Francesco Durante (Translator)	0	0 reads
Warten auf Wunder John Fante	0	0 reads
Ask the Dust tie-in Ask the Dust tie-in John Fante	0	0 reads
Brotherhood Of The Grape John Fante	0	0 reads
Arturo Bandini John Fante	0	0 reads
Warte bis zum Frühling, Bandini John Fante	0	0 reads
Unter Brüdern Unter Brüdern John Fante	0	0 reads
Sto sulla riva dell'acqua e sogno. Lettere a Mencken 1930-1952 John Fante	0	0 reads
1933 war ein schlimmes Jahr John Fante	0	0 reads
Frag den Staub John Fante	0	0 reads
Der Weg nach Los Angeles John Fante	0	0 reads
Het volle leven Het volle leven John Fante Dirk-Jan Arensman	0	0 reads