Born in 1909 in the United States, John Fante was described as one
of the great outsider figures of twentieth century literature and
yet is now regarded as one of the finest writers of his generation.
Of his many literary works, 'The Bandini Quartet' - four stories of
one man's struggles, are viewed as his greatest achievement. Here
the four novels are brought together for the first time in one
volume. The stories have a strong autobiographical tone and the
main character, Arturo Bandini is often described as the author's
alter ego. Bandini is a simple man from the hills of Abruzzi in
Italy. A young Italian-American from a humble background he longs
to escape his claustrophobic home in Colorado and fulfil his
ambition to become a great novelist. Armed with only his Jesuit
high school education, he heads for Depression-era Los Angeles to
seek literary fame. This is a wonderful collection of stories,
written with integrity and emotion that come instantly to life.
Aspiring writers will sympathise with Bandini's eternal
hopefulness, the belief that if he could, "write a sentence, a
single perfect sentence" - more would surely follow. The stories
are highly atmospheric and intensely powerful. Each novel stands
alone and the collection can be read in any order but it is a
luxury to have the complete series accessible in one volume. This
edition also includes the first-ever UK publication of 'Dreams From
Bunker Hill' - the wonderful and final novel, which was dictated by
the author at the end of his life, when blind and wheel-chair
bound. Not to be missed. (Kirkus UK)
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.
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