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Bezig met laden... Vraag het aan het stof (1939)door John Fante
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Very dated. I can see how this was exciting when it came out, and the connection to Chinatown and other noir stories and films, but it just feels a bit boring today ( ) Los Angeles en la década de los treinta. Instalado en un sórdido hotel en los barrios marginales de la gran ciudad, el joven aprendiz de escritor Arturo Bandini lucha por la dura supervivencia diaria, mientras sueña con el triunfo artístico y económico tras haber conseguido publicar un relato en una pequeña revista. Guiado por su mentor y editor J. C. Hackmuth (inspirado en H. L. Mencken), Arturo proclama a quien quiera escucharle que es un genio de las letras, mientras se enfrenta a una compleja relación amorosa con Camilla, una chica mexicana que trabaja como camarera. Incapaz de mostrarle sus auténticos sentimientos, Arturo se ve abocado a una destructiva relación de amor-odio mientras sigue soñando con alcanzar la gloria. I did not enjoy spending time with Arturo Bandini as a young near-destitute author in depression era Los Angeles. Everything he relates is so filtered through a self with the emotional intelligence of a gnat and only enough residual honesty to know when he is lying. His assumption that how he treats women is what they deserve is particularly distasteful, yet something in the language and the stuttering grasps at connection is compelling. Po, Fante pati efekt të madh mbi mua. Fante ishte hyu im dhe unë e dija se hyjnitë duhen lënë të qetë, nuk mund t’u shkelje pragun ashtu si duke lozur. Prapë më pëlqente të hamendja se ku mund të kishte jetuar në Angel’s Flight dhe s’më dukej e pamundur që të jetonte akoma aty. Ditë për ditë dilja, i bija një xhiro dhe mendoja, a është ajo dritarja që shkapërcente Camilla? A thua kjo është dera e atij hoteli? Ai është holli? Tridhjetë e nëntë vjet më pas e rilexova “Pyesni pluhurin”. Ka libra të tjerë përpos “Dago Red” dhe “Wait until spring, Bandini”. Janë “Full of life” dhe “The brotherhood of Grape”. Biles, tashti Fante ka në dorë një roman tjetër, “A dream of Bunker Hill”. Pas disa peripecish, më në fund e takova shkrimtarin sivjet (1979). Ka shumë gjëra të tjera historia e John Fantes. Është një histori fati dhe fatkeqësish dhe historia e në guximi të rrallë dhe të natyrshëm. Dikur do e tregojnë por ndiej sikur ai nuk do që unë ta tregoj tashti. Por më lejoni se ky njeri siç ka fjalët ka dhe veprat: të forta, të mira dhe të ngrohta. Kaq mjafton. Tani ky libër është i juaji.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Ask the Dust, by John Fante. Today it's widely regarded as a classic of American literature; many have declared it the finest novel ever to emerge from Los Angeles. In addition to critical praise, the book has also found popular success, appearing on bestseller lists in both the US and Europe. In 2006 it was even made into a Hollywood film, starring Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell. But Fante's masterpiece has not always enjoyed such prominence. In fact, its journey to its current status has been long and highly unusual. Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Bandini (3) Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Los 40 de Angrama (11) The Canons (17) Is opgenomen inHeeft de bewerkingWordt op gereageerd inErelijstenThe Great American Novels (1939)
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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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