Ask the Dust
by FANTE, JOHN
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stackpole Sons, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine copy in a dust jacket with some usual sunning of spine with the front and rear panels still bright. The jacket has some mends by an expert paper conservationist. The novel was made into the 2006 Robert Towne directed motion picture starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. The novel is a great portrayal of Los Angeles in the 1930s and was a significant influence on Charles Bukowski and he later wrote the introduction to the book when it was reprinted decades later.
Synopsis
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of Italian-American author John Fante, that published in 1939 and set during Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels based around the character Arturo Bandini serving as his alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles. The book is a roman à clef, much of it rooted in autobiographical incidents in Fante's life. The novel influenced Charles Bukowski significantly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15899J
- Title
- Ask the Dust
- Author
- FANTE, JOHN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Stackpole Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
We are long-term members of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America. We specialize in American & English Literature, Mystery & Detective Fiction, Rare Cinema Material, Autograph & Signed Material, and an Eclectic Offering of Literature & Ephemera.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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