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Mon chien stupide
by John Fante
Coincé entre une progéniture ingrate et un talent de plus en plus incertain, le personnage principal de Mon chien stupide oscille entre un cynisme salvateur et des envies de fuite. Fils d'immigrés italiens, il caresse le rêve d'un retour à ses racines, fantasmant sur une vie paisible aux terrasses des cafés de la Piazza Navona à Rome. Mais pour l'heure, il faut courir le cachet, écrire des scénarios médiocres pour des séries télé affligeantes... ou le plus souvent aller encaisser un chèque des allocations de chômage. L'existence tumultueuse de la famille est bouleversée lorsqu'un gigantesque chien décide de s'installer dans la maison, pour le plus grand bonheur de l'auteur raté mais au grand dam du reste de sa tribu. Mon chien stupide est une tragicomédie de la crise individuelle : crises d'adolescence à retardement, démon de midi, couple en déliquescence. [Babelio]
Subjects
RELEASED1989
PUBLISHERU.G.E
LENGTH184
LANGUAGEFR
John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent. By far, his most popular novel is the semi-autobiographical *Ask the Dust*, the third book in what is now referred to as "The Saga of Arturo Bandini" or "The Bandini Quartet". Bandini served as his alter ego in a total of four novels: *Wait Until Spring, Bandini* (1938), *The Road to Los Angeles* (chronologically, this is the first novel Fante wrote but it was unpublished until 1985), *Ask the Dust* (1939), and finally *Dreams from Bunker Hill* (1982), which was dictated to his wife, Joyce, towards the end of his life. Fante's use of Bandini as his alter ego can be compared to Charles Bukowski's character, Henry Chinaski. Bukowski was heavily influenced by John Fante. In the late 1970s, at the suggestion of novelist and poet Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press began to republish the (then out-of-print) works of Fante, creating a resurgence in his popularity.
5.0
Mon chien stupide
by John Fante
Coincé entre une progéniture ingrate et un talent de plus en plus incertain, le personnage principal de Mon chien stupide oscille entre un cynisme salvateur et des envies de fuite. Fils d'immigrés italiens, il caresse le rêve d'un retour à ses racines, fantasmant sur une vie paisible aux terrasses des cafés de la Piazza Navona à Rome. Mais pour l'heure, il faut courir le cachet, écrire des scénarios médiocres pour des séries télé affligeantes... ou le plus souvent aller encaisser un chèque des allocations de chômage. L'existence tumultueuse de la famille est bouleversée lorsqu'un gigantesque chien décide de s'installer dans la maison, pour le plus grand bonheur de l'auteur raté mais au grand dam du reste de sa tribu. Mon chien stupide est une tragicomédie de la crise individuelle : crises d'adolescence à retardement, démon de midi, couple en déliquescence. [Babelio]
Subjects
RELEASED1989
PUBLISHERU.G.E
LENGTH184
LANGUAGEFR
John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent. By far, his most popular novel is the semi-autobiographical *Ask the Dust*, the third book in what is now referred to as "The Saga of Arturo Bandini" or "The Bandini Quartet". Bandini served as his alter ego in a total of four novels: *Wait Until Spring, Bandini* (1938), *The Road to Los Angeles* (chronologically, this is the first novel Fante wrote but it was unpublished until 1985), *Ask the Dust* (1939), and finally *Dreams from Bunker Hill* (1982), which was dictated to his wife, Joyce, towards the end of his life. Fante's use of Bandini as his alter ego can be compared to Charles Bukowski's character, Henry Chinaski. Bukowski was heavily influenced by John Fante. In the late 1970s, at the suggestion of novelist and poet Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press began to republish the (then out-of-print) works of Fante, creating a resurgence in his popularity.
