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Full of Life
A Biography of John Fante
by Stephen Cooper
ISBN: 0865475547
ISBN-13: 9780865475540
Format: Hardcover
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A biography of the great, underappreciated Los Angeles cult writer John Fante, whom Charles Bukowski once called a life-long influence.
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"Whether listing the many film ventures, the arguments between John and Joyce or the symptoms of Fante's worsening diabetes, Cooper is a studious and enthusiastic chronicler of the minutiae of Fante's life. It is an admirable practice but at times overwrought, as when he transcribes a video made of Fante when he was hospitalized, near death and obviously pitifully confused. Here and in a few other places, Cooper's well-informed summary would suffice. Still, FULL OF LIFE offers a large share of fascinating material by and about Fante, and by bringing together his life and work for the first time with such clarity of purpose, Cooper presents a remarkable gift to innumerable fans of Fante's work." -- Phyllis Richardson
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[E]ngaging and illuminating....To Cooper's great credit, FULL OF LIFE not only does a meticulous job of separating Fante's life from Fante's fiction, but it also does so without apologizing for the many unappealing aspects of the late author's life and personality." -- Dan Epstein
-- Book
"Cooper's Fante is a very difficult character to pin down: interested in poverty but not in politics; inward, but seemingly unable to act on his self-knowledge; a cynical, pragmatic and tough-minded realist with a tendency towards sentimentality; a romantic with a very cruel streak....But his research cannot be faulted; he has had the run of Fante's papers and, despite the admiration and affection for his subject..., he rarely sets out to mitigate the writer's many faults." -- Christopher Tayler
-- London Review of Books
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 2000
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.75 pounds
Pages: 406
Publisher's Notes
The first biography of one of the great outsiders of American literature.
In the first comprehensive biography of John Fante, one of the great lost souls of twentieth-century literature, Stephen Cooper untangles the enigma of an authentic American original. By turns savage and poetic, violent and full of love, such underground novels as The Road to Los Angeles; Ask the Dust; and Wait Until Spring, Bandini simultaneously reveal and disguise their author.
Born in 1909 to poor Italian American parents in Colorado, Fante ventured west in 1930 to become a writer. Eventually settling in Los Angeles' faded downtown area of Bunker Hill, Fante starved between menial Depression-era jobs while writing story after story about the world he knew-full of poverty, hatred, and the madness of love. His first stories were published by H. L. Mencken in the American Mercury, but Fante also made a career in Hollywood working with the likes of Orson Welles and Darryl F. Zanuck.
By the time of his death, though, he was nearly forgotten. Fortunately, readers such as Charles Bukowski began to recognize that Ask the Dust stands alongside the best work of Nathanael West and Sherwood Anderson. This exacting and vivid biography will help secure Fante's place in the American literary pantheon.
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Notes/Bibliography/Index
Stephen Cooper is a lecturer in the departments of English and film and electronic arts at California State University at Long Beach.
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Full of Life A Biography of John Fante
Cooper, Stephen
North Point Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0865475547 . Light creasing to edges of DJ, in Brodart. Light edge creasing to boards, some spine softening. No internal markings. Fiction (Fante). Pasadena's premier independent new and used bookstore. ; 1.5 x 9.5 x 6.25 Inches; 496 pages . ( more information)
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Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante
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New York NY: North Point Press. NEW/NEW. 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0865475547 multiple NEW copies in NEW dust jacket ...Full of life : a biography of John Fante / Stephen Cooper. Edition Information: 1st ed. Published/Created: New York : North Point Press, 2000. Description: 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0865475547 (alk. paper) . ( more information)
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FULL OF LIFE: A Biography of John Fante
COOPER, Stephen
Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000. 406 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Photos. Notes. Index. Fine in Fine dustjacket. No names, marks, creases or tears. Unread. ISBN: 0865475547 <em>First comprehensive biography of Fante, one of the great outsider figures of 20th century American fiction. Blind and nearly forgotten at the time of his death in 1983, Charles Bukowski put him back on the literary map. Cooper carefully correlates events in Fante's troubled life with the characters and events he wrote about.</em> ( more information)
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Full Of Life : A Biography Of John Fante
Cooper, Stephen
New York: North Point Press, 2000 406 pages; First Edition; Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. A biography of an under-appreciated writer. Scan upon request.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information)
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Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante
Cooper, Stephen
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Cooper, Stephen
NY: North Point Press, (2000). First edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A little bumping, very good. 406 pages. Indexed. Black and white illustrations. Information about Charles Bukowski, H.L. Mencken, William Saroyan, etc. ISBN: 0865475547. ( more information)
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FULL OF LIFE: A Biography of John Fante
COOPER, Stephen
NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000. 406 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Photos. Notes. Index. Fine in Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0865475547 <em>First comprehensive biography of Fante, one of the great outsider figures of 20th century American fiction. Nearly forgotten at the time of his death in 1983, Charles Bukowski put him back on the literary map. Cooper carefully correlates events in Fante's troubled life with the characters and events he wrote about.</em> ( more information)
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FULL OF LIFE: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN FANTE
Cooper, Stephen
New York: North Point Press, 2000. 406 pages with some black and white illustrations. Biography of John Fante, one of the great outsider figures of twentieth-century literature. Fante is author of THE ROAD TO LOS ANGELES, ASK THE DUST, WAIT UNTIL SPRING, BANDINI. By the time of his death in 1983, he was nearly forgotten. Stephen Cooper revives the memory of the writer, seeking to secure his place in the American Literary field.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Cooper, Stephen
North Point Press, 2000. 406 pages, photographs, The first comprehensive biography of John Fante, one of the great outsider figures of twentieth-century literature.. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Cooper, Stephen
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000 a nice clean copy without any marks or tears. no cracks. light edgewear. pages very clean. Inscription (not by author) on front endpaper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information)
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Stephen Cooper
North Point Press, 2000. Hardcover. Brand New. 9.50 x 6.30 x 1.50. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 28.0 oz. The first biography of one of the great outsiders of American literature. -- In the first comprehensive biography of John Fante, one of the great lost souls of twentieth-century literature, Stephen Cooper untangles the enigma of an authentic American original. By turns savage and poetic, violent and full of love, such underground novels as The Road to Los Angeles; Ask the Dust; and Wait Until Spring, Bandini simultaneously reveal and disguise their author. -- Born in 1909 to poor Italian American parents in Colorado, Fante ventured west in 1930 to become a writer. Eventually settling in Los Angeles' faded downtown area of Bunker Hill, Fante starved between menial Depression-era jobs while writing story after story about the world he knew-full of poverty, hatred, and the madness of love. His first stories were published by H. L. Mencken in the American Mercury, but Fante also made a career in Hollywood working with the likes of Orson Welles and Darryl F. Zanuck. -- By the time of his death, though, he was nearly forgotten. Fortunately, readers such as Charles Bukowski began to recognize that Ask the Dust stands alongside the best work of Nathanael West and Sherwood Anderson. This exacting and vivid biography will help secure Fante's place in the American literary pantheon. -- Photographs -- Notes/Bibliography/Index -- Stephen Cooper is a lecturer in the departments of English and film and electronic arts at California State University at Long Beach. A biography of the great, underappreciated Los Angeles cult writer John Fante, whom Charles Bukowski once called a life-long influence. Whether listing the many film ventures, the arguments between John and Joyce or the symptoms of Fante's worsening diabetes, Cooper is a studious and enthusiastic chronicler of the minutiae of Fante's life. It is an admirable practice but at times overwrought, as when he transcribes a video made of Fante when he was hospitalized, near death and obviously pitifully confused. Here and in a few other places, Cooper's well-informed summary would suffice. Still, FULL OF LIFE offers a large share of fascinating material by and about Fante, and by bringing together his life and work for the first time with such clarity of purpose, Cooper presents a remarkable gift to innumerable fans of Fante's work. -- Richardson -- Cooper's Fante is a very difficult character to pin down: interested in poverty but not in politics; inward, but seemingly unable to act on his self-knowledge; a cynical, pragmatic and tough-minded realist with a tendency towards sentimentality; a romantic with a very cruel streak....But his research cannot be faulted; he has had the run of Fante's papers and, despite the admiration and affection for his subject..., he rarely sets out to mitigate the writer's many faults. -- London Review of Books - Christopher Tayler (09/21/2000) -- [E]ngaging and illuminating....To Cooper's great credit, FULL OF LIFE not only does a meticulous job of separating Fante's life from Fante's fiction, but it also does so without apologizing for the many unappealing aspects of the late author's life and personality. -- Book - Dan Epstein. . ( more information)
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Full of life : a biography of John Fante
Cooper, Stephen (1949-)
New York : North Point Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Description: 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-385) and index. Subjects: Fante, John, 1909-1983. Novelists/screenwriters, American --20th century --Biography. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ( more information)
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Full of life : a biography of John Fante
Cooper, Stephen (1949-)
New York : North Point Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Description: 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-385) and index. Subjects: Fante, John, 1909-1983. Novelists/screenwriters, American --20th century --Biography. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ( more information)
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Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante
Cooper, Stephen
New York: North Point Press. Fine/Fine. 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0865475547 Stated First Edition 2000. 406 pp. Orange paper covered boards with black paper binding on the spine. Bright copper gilt printing on the spine. The interior is clean and unmarked. As new, unread condition. Very minor folds to the top corner of several pages. The dust jacket has no chips or tears. The price is intact on the front flap of the jacket. The first major biography of one of the outsider figures in American literature. . ( more information)
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Cooper, Stephen
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Cooper, Stephen
New York: North Point Press , 2000 Black cloth quarter bound on orange boards, pristine. Dustjacket bright, intact, price unclipped and protected in mylar. Book clean and firm. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent/Excellent. ( more information)
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