The Brotherhood of the Grape - Softcover

Fante, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876857268 ISBN 13: 9780876857267

Verlag: Marcos y Marcos, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Fante John

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Críticas:

This is just as full of life as John Fante's novel of that title which came out - can it be - 25 years ago. . . full of life and death in affectionate synch and guessably based on a father who might have been the cussin' image of Nicholas Molise, an old cock, a fighting cock of 76. Actually his wife has accused him of adultery and put him in the slammer which he refuses to leave, unvindicated. Nick has always been a tyrannical, vociferous "dirty old goat" - getting sloshed at the Cafe Roma and gambling all he earns as a stonemason, and more. Now he wants his oldest son Henry (the narrator, a writer) to come with him on one last job up in the mountains building a smokehouse; all his apprentices have long since died or defected. Henry can't say no but it will be the end of Nick who has a diabetic coma, splits the hospital, goes to a winery, and dies as he lived. In Chianti veritas, tears and a warm glow. (Kirkus Reviews)

Reseña del editor:

The last ten days in the life of Nick Molise, Italian stonemason, domineering father, alcoholic, and womanizer, are chronicled by the one son who escapes his tyranny and the confines of a small California town

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• Verlag: Marcos y Marcos
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0876857268
• ISBN 13: 9780876857267
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192