{"product_id":"john-fantes-ask-the-dust-a-joining-of-voices-and-views-hardback-9780823287864","title":"John Fante's Ask the Dust; A Joining of Voices and Views (Hardback) 9780823287864","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJohn Fante's Ask the Dust\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Joining of Voices and Views\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Cooper (Edited by), Clorinda Donato (Edited by), Miriam Amico (Contributions by), Charles Bukowski (Contributions by), Stephen Cooper (Contributions by), Giovanna Di Lello (Contributions by), John Fante (Contributions by), Valerio Ferme (Contributions by), Teresa Fiore (Contributions by), Daniel Gardner (Contributions by), Robert Guffey (Contributions by), Philippe Garnier (Contributions by), Ryan Holiday (Contributions by), Jan Louter (Contributions by), Chiara Mazzucchelli (Contributions by), Meagan Meylor (Contributions by), J’aime Morrison (Contributions by), Nathan Rabin (Contributions by), Alan Rifkin (Contributions by), Suzanne Roszak (Contributions by), Danny Shain (Contributions by), Robert Towne (Contributions by), Joel Williams (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823287864\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 36\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.688 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity of reflections and readings of John Fante's 1939 classic, \u003ci\u003eAsk the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, a true testament to the work's present and future impact.\u003cbr\u003e The contributors to this work—writers, critics, fans, scholars, screenwriters, directors, and others—analyze the provocative set of diaspora tensions informing Fante's masterpiece that distinguish it from those accounts of earlier East Coast migrations and minglings. A must-read for aficionados of L.A. fiction and new migration literature, \u003ci\u003eJohn Fante's \"Ask the Dust\": A Joining of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoices and Views \u003c\/i\u003eis destined for landmark status as the first volume of Fante studies to reveal the novel's evolving intertextualities and intersectionalities.\u003cbr\u003e Contributors: Miriam Amico, Charles Bukowski, Stephen Cooper, Giovanna DiLello, John Fante, Valerio Ferme, Teresa Fiore, Daniel Gardner, Philippe Garnier, Robert Guffey, Ryan Holiday, Jan Louter, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Meagan Meylor, J'aime Morrison, Nathan Rabin, Alan Rifkin, Suzanne Manizza Roszak, Danny Shain, Robert Towne, Joel Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e  1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. New Approaches to John Fante's \u003ci\u003eAsk the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the Particular to the Universal: Vittorini's Italian\u003cbr\u003e Adaptation of Ask the Dust   15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eValerio Ferme\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Spirituality Ebbs and Flows: Religion and Diasporic\u003cbr\u003e Alienation in \u003ci\u003eAsk the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e   43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSuzanne Manizza Roszak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sad Flower in the Sand\": Camilla Lopez and the Erasure\u003cbr\u003e of Memory in\u003ci\u003e Ask the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e   58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMeagan Meylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A Ramona in Reverse\": Writing the Madness of the Spanish\u003cbr\u003e Past in \u003ci\u003eAsk the Dust \u003c\/i\u003e  83\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Gardner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. Sibling Arts:\u003ci\u003e Ask the Dust \u003c\/i\u003ein Dance, Music,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe Graphic Novel, and French\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dancing with the Dust: Translating Ask the Dust to the Stage   111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ'aime Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ask the Lyrics: John Fante in Music   127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChiara Mazzucchelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Watch Out or You'll End up in My Novel: The Lost World\u003cbr\u003e of \u003ci\u003eAsk the Dust   \u003c\/i\u003e145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Guffey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Don't Ask the French   157\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilippe Garnier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3. Ask the Dust and Its Effects: Readers and Writers Respond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Amid the Dust   167\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiriam Amico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Passion That Became a Festival   177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGiovanna DiLello\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I Had Bandini: Reading Ask the Dust in Prison   193\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoel Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Writing in the Dust   201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Rifkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How Hitler Nearly Destroyed the Great American Novel   213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRyan Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eAsk the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e and Its Due: Two Filmmakers and Bukowski Pay Tribute\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interview with Robert Towne   237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNathan Rabin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Letters from Los Angeles   245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Louter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"My Dear Bukowski,\" \"Hello John Fante\": Preface to Ask the Dust   261\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Fante and Charles Bukowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5. The Attic, the Archive, and Beyond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Family to Institutional Memory: A Conversation\u003cbr\u003e with Stephen Cooper   273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTeresa Fiore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prelude to \"Prologue to Ask the Dust\"   281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Goodbye, Bunker Hill   290\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Fante\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Road to John Fante's Los Angeles   296\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  315\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e   319\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e  325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  331\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580358095128,"sku":"9780823287864","price":88.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/john-fantes-ask-the-dust-a-joining-of-voices-and-views-hardback-9780823287864","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}