Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust: a novel

by Fante, John

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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 fou…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Ask the Dust : a novel / John Fante ; with an introduction by Charles Bukowski.

Summary

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. -4ème de couv.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):HarperPerennial
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2006.

Notes

La couv. porte en plus : "Insights, interviews, & more...en 4ème de couv. : Read exclusive extras including : interviews, features, if you loved this... and more inside"

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 vol. (165 p.-[24] p. de pl.) : : ill., portr., couv. ill. ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0060822554 (br), 9780060822552 (br)
  • oclc:ocn493822620

Subjects

Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle

Writers

Fante, John Bukowski, Charles

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