Summary
John Fante: Full of Life: a novel
Some people love their children the most, some their husband or wife, some their friends, some their father or mother, brothers or sisters, some only themselves, some don't make a difference, and Fante loved his wife Joyce the most. The book Full of Life is dedicated to her, although the central figure of the novel is the burlesque Fante's father...
"I held back a rush of joy. Where did so much beauty come from in this world? Those hands of hers, towards me, those tender fingers, towards me; her eyes, towards me; her mouth, her lips, towards me, radiating love and mysterious beauty that breaks the heart, towards me, so that it seems I ran, with a bag in my hand, as if it had been ten thousand years I didn't see her, remembering every moment, and finally we were together forever, the desolation in me finally disappeared, and everything in my life, everything I have, my ambitions, my friends, my country, my world, were nothing, less than a grain of sand before the beauty and joy of that extraordinary and painful moment. I hugged her and cried..."
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