Wait Until Spring, Bandini (Paperback)

A first novel, brief, virile, written with definite artistry. A few weeks in the lives of a poverty-stricken first generation Italian-American family, a bricklayer, his wife and his three sons. During the winter months, Bandini is out of work, and takes a job with a wealthy local widow, and is unfaithful to the withered Maria. The eldest son takes a wrong path, he steals a dime for the movies, he steals his mother's wedding cameo for his girl. The second son is an altar boy. The wife is slowly wasting away, while she prays constantly that her husband return to her. A bleak and realistic portrait, unrelieved, told with sobriety and skill, with strong emotional undercurrents. Limited in appeal. - But Fante can write! (Kirkus Reviews)

He came along, kicking the snow. Here was a disgusted man. His name was Svevo Bandini, and he lived three blocks down that street. He was cold and there were holes in his shoes. That morning he had patched the holes on the inside with pieces of cardboard from a macaroni box. The macaroni in that box was not paid for. He had thought of that as he placed the cardboard inside his shoes.

General

Imprint:	Black Sparrow Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1983
First published:	May 2002
Authors:	John Fante
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	270
ISBN-13:	978-0-87685-554-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-87685-554-0
Barcode:	9780876855546

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