Full of Life (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

An exuberant, extravagant chronicle of gestation which romps through to the final production of the Fante's firstborn in high Italianate style and immerses a succession of hair-raising to breast-beating sequences in tears - and Chianti. For Emily, "a bloated goddess" (who ate like a liberated refugee) was wanton in her whims, frenzied in her housekeeping, and reached a shuddering climax in her eighth month when she fell through the kitchen floor. Going home to San Juan to secure the services of Papa, a first generation Italian builder, John's safari back to Los Angeles on the train with Papa is a humiliating ordeal as Papa - with his goat's cheese and red wine - provides a public spectacle. Emily's activities in her last month become more strenuous; Catholicism calls her and she studies canon law at night, while by day, she and Papa tear down the walls of the house - but fail to fix the kitchen floor. A first trip to the hospital, escorted by John, Papa and finally Father Gondalfo - for a last minute baptism, ends - not in fruition - but in her return home for another week; a second trip, and a long agony, produces the only possible result - a son... No natural childbirth this, and undoubtedly a lot more fun. (Kirkus Reviews)

In the definitive biography of John Fante, English and film studies professor Stephen Cooper explores the life of a man whose muse was Los Angeles.

General

Imprint:	Black Sparrow Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	May 2002
Authors:	John Fante
Dimensions:	227 x 150 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	168
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-87685-718-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-87685-718-7
Barcode:	9780876857182

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