Re: RARA-AVIS: Bardin and John Fante

From: Michael Robison ( zspider@gte.net)
Date: 27 Nov 2002


John Lau wrote:
> My personal take is that Fante is much ado about nothing. His prose style
is
> florid and his stories don't seem to go anywhere. The only thing
hardboiled
> about him is the lousy way he treats women. I only managed to wade
through
> both DUST and BANDINI, Fante's most famous works because Stephen Cooper
lives
> across the street from me and regards the author in such high esteem.
>
> But make up your own mind. People whose business is to know and teach
> literature think the guy's the Cat's Pajamas. I'm just a guy who writes
for
> a living.

********* Thanks, John. I know that sometimes it's hard to criticize an author when you know that he might be somebody else's favorite, but I appreciate hearing it straight. I think I'll pass on Fante for a while.

miker

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