Summary
John Fante: The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories
The Wine of Youth is the best introduction to reading Fante. Most of the stories in this book were written by Fante in his twenties, when he lived alone in Los Angeles, absorbed that big city and experienced his first great love, described in the unforgettable novel Upitaj prah. Fante's role models were Hamsun and Dostoyevsky, they inspired him to write and influenced his unique style.
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