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Selected Letters, 1932-1981
Fante's captivating letters trace his emergence from poverty to life as a Hollywood screenwriter. Complemented by many photos and interesting appendices, the book is most distinguished by Fante's letters to his mother-letters in which he is just as apt to lie about church attendance as he is to describe, with peculiar candor, skinny-dipping with a girl friend.
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
June 5th 1991
by Harper Perennial
(first published 1991)
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John Fante is a deep influence on my writing as well as my life in general. Reading his letters allowed me to see some of his day-to-day life and demystified certain aspects of his character. It's like reading the supermarket shopping list of someone you can't imagine as a real person. They become more concrete, and my appreciation for Fante's perseverance and dedication grew even deeper. The man had to hustle to get anything done. He worked in Hollywood and someone kept from getting swallowed u...more
also includes a review of Gregory Corso's Accidental Autobiography http://www.examiner.com/books-in-denver/...
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Fante's early years were spent in relative poverty. The son of an Italian born father, Nicola Fante, and an Italian-American mother, Mary Capolungo, Fante was educated in various Catholic schools in Boulder, Colorado and briefly attended the University of Colorado.
In 1929, he dropped out of college and moved to Southern California to concentrate on his writing. He lived and worked in W...more
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In 1929, he dropped out of college and moved to Southern California to concentrate on his writing. He lived and worked in W...more
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