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Moving and funny, the book reveals the cutting, sensitive, and sarcastic perspective of one of the most iconic characters in American literature.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159837065468,"sku":"9788503007559","price":64.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/99cec93892f1f6081ad31b08d32a54ed_c3a94ba7-e22b-48d1-82a4-60b62171d9dd.jpg?v=1778325833"},{"product_id":"pergunte-ao-po","title":"Ask the dust","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsk the Dust\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic of American literature and John Fante's biggest hit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAt the height of the 1930s depression, Arturo Bandini dreams of becoming a famous writer. In an attempt to write something, he checks into a cheap hotel room in Los Angeles, but the plan soon proves a failure: Arturo's money is running out, and he still hasn't managed to write. That's when he meets the weary and unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress who dreams of finding a good husband and quitting her job. Together, they begin a turbulent relationship, based on desire, jealousy, contempt, love, and hate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Struggling to survive, he persists amid poverty and prejudice until, finally, his first story is published. But the enthusiasm of youth and the thrill of success are extinguished when Camilla has a breakdown and disappears. Slowly but inexorably, Bandini gives in to madness and begins to reject the life of a writer he fought so hard to achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eJohn Fante portrays the ups and downs of Bandini's emotional state with conviction and bluntness. \u003cem\u003eAsk the Dust\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the truth behind the life of a poor immigrant's son in perfect, glamorous California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “I borrowed the book, took it to my room, climbed into bed, and read it, and I knew long before I finished that here was a man who had developed a peculiar way of writing. The book was \u003cem\u003eAsk the Dust\u003c\/em\u003e , and the author was John Fante. He would become a lifelong influence on my writing.” - Charles Bukowski\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174907396348,"sku":"9788503007535","price":79.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/45f7617670b73f4e25a5bea964268adf_ecd16c7f-b3e4-4707-9bcf-bb1afc84bef9.jpg?v=1778324828"},{"product_id":"o-caminho-de-los-angeles","title":"The Los Angeles Way","description":"The Road to Los Angeles is part of the Bandini Quartet, which narrates episodes from the story of Arturo Bandini, the author's alter ego.\n \nAfter his father's death, Arturo, at 18, is forced to start working to help support his family. Leading a depressing and routine life, Arturo finds his only \"relief\" in reading pornographic magazines, an activity censored by his mother and sister, both of whom were raised Christian.\n This novel introduces Fante's alter ego, Arturo Bandini, who reappears in Wait for Spring, Bandini (1938), Ask the Dust (1939)—both published by José Olympio—and Dreams of Bunker Hill (1982). The 1936 manuscript was discovered among Fante's papers after his death by his widow, Joyce, and can now be included in that short and distinguished list of the most important debut novels by American authors.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176305705212,"sku":"9788503013475","price":64.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/759f74af7e9b5ff48b2c2bc89b5207d5.jpg?v=1778323227"},{"product_id":"o-vinho-da-juventude","title":"O vinho da juventude","description":"O vinho da juventude é a republicação do marcante clássico da literatura Dago Red (1940), uma antologia de contos que captura o espírito apaixonado e voraz da comunidade italiana-americana.  \n\nNestes 13 contos, John Fante transpõe as pequenas epifanias do Dublinenses de James Joyce para a comunidade italiana do norte de Denver, revendo o mundo da sua infância pelos olhos de um menino. O Dago Red do título — o “tinto do carcamano” — refere-se ao vinho italiano clandestino, uma preciosidade na época da Lei Seca. Este vinho da juventude e da lembrança enfeixa a imagem religiosa (o vinho da Santa Missa) e a profana (o vinho da embriaguez). Com forte vínculo autobiográfico, esta obra foi saudada pela revista Time como “talvez o melhor livro de contos de 1940”.\n","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48522745184508,"sku":"9788503010696","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/0cc955d988ec9de53a6ed35a541a7369_ee9a29a9-b6bf-4799-9fd9-d3aa863970c1.jpg?v=1778318561"},{"product_id":"a-irmandade-da-uva","title":"A irmandade da uva","description":"Em A irmandade da uva, John Fante faz um recorte de um mês na vida do escritor Henry Molise, que recebe a notícia de que depois de 51 anos de casados, seus pais vão se divorciar. A Henry cabe a missão de contornar a crise e dialogar com seu pai, Nick Molise, de 75 anos, alcoólatra, jogador compulsivo, péssimo marido e um sujeito de mal com a vida. Henry acaba se vendo diante do desafio de atender à convocação de Nick para realizar seu último desejo: provar que ainda é o pedreiro da região e a apoiá-lo, juntamente com uma turma de veteranos unida pelo hábito de jogar cartas e beber um vinho famoso na cidade, o Ângelo Musso. A experiência do retorno e da viagem com o pai aproxima o narrador dos fantasmas do passado e, nessa convivência intensa, os dois finalmente começam a se entender.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48522763370748,"sku":"9788503011679","price":64.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/2da1dd760ac1701f3c856662b909fac5_0600c512-cb87-4ec0-b4d2-558d82f12b62.jpg?v=1781841623"},{"product_id":"a-grande-fome","title":"A grande fome","description":"Livro inédito no Brasil do autor de Pergunte ao pó.\n\nEssas pérolas não publicadas foram descobertas pelo biógrafo do autor John Fante. São histórias divertidas, muitas sobre a infância de Fante, reunidas em um exemplar que inaugura o novo projeto gráfico da obra dele. Textos exemplares do estilo único e brilhante de John Fante, que vão agradar aos fãs do autor.\nNesta antologia inédita, John Fante, epítome da geração de autores imersos na contracultura norte-americana, desfila seus personagens costumeiros: imigrantes, escritores miseráveis, crianças travessas e incógnitos (extra)ordinários. Uma seleção póstuma, composta de tesouros literários da era pré-beatniks, que dá voz uma última vez aos pequenos, vagabundos e expatriados que habitam a obra de Fante. \n","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48522774020348,"sku":"9788503012515","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/c165bf9c6ee7e88fe1ae1f782aa2d7f7.jpg?v=1778728314"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/john-fante.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}