by John Fante · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806171360
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«Aspetta primavera, Bandini» is the novel by John Fante, published by Einaudi in paperback (238 pages, in Italian).
Set in Colorado in the 1920s, it follows Svevo Bandini, an Italian-American bricklayer and plumber, and his family through a very harsh winter, with just enough money and a marriage under strain. It explores poverty, identity and the American dream from the everyday life of the Bandini family.
This 2005 edition includes an introduction by Niccolò Ammaniti.
John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles. It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel, and is one in a series of four, published between 1938 and 1985, that are now collectively called "The Bandini Quartet." Ask the Dust was adapted into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Fante's published works while he lived included five novels, one novella, and a short story collection. Additional works, including two novels, two novellas, and two short story collections, were published posthumously. His screenwriting credits include, most notably, Full of Life, Jeanne Eagels (1957), and the 1962 films Walk on the Wild Side and The Reluctant Saint.
