书目

Ask the Dust[问尘情缘]

内容简介

AsktheDustisavirtuosoperformancebyaninfluentialmasterofthetwentieth-centuryAmericannovel.ItisthestoryofArturoBandini,ayoungwriterin1930sLosAngeleswhofallshardfortheelusive,mocking,unstableCamillaLopez,aMexicanwaitress.Strugglingtosurvive,heperseveresuntil,atlast,hisfirstnovelispublished.ButthebrightlightofsuccessisextinguishedwhenCamillahasanervousbreakdownanddisappears...andBandiniforeverrejectsthewriter'slifehefoughtsohardtoattain.

作者简介

JohnFantebeganwritingin1929andpublishedhisfirstshortstoryin1932.Hisfirstnovel,WaitUntilSpring,Bandini,waspublishedin1938andwasthefirstofhisArturoBandiniseriesofnovels,whichalsoincludeTheRoadtoLosAngelesandAsktheDust.Aprolificscreenwriter,hewasstrickenwithdiabetesin1955.Complicationsfromthediseasebroughtabouthisblindnessin1978and,withintwoyears,theamputationofbothlegs.Hecontinuedtowritebydictationtohiswife,Joyce,andpublishedDreamsfromBunkerHill,thefinalinstallmentoftheArturoBandiniseries,in1982.HediedonMay8,1983,attheageofseventy-four.

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