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| The Wine of Youth | 
 enlarge | Author: John Fante
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
List Price: $16.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 363884
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0876855826
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780876855829
ASIN: 0876855826
Publication Date: June 5, 2002
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 Early Fante July 22, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This collection of Fante's short stories is worth having, but shop around for a copy under $35. There are some really great stories here, but don't go through this book all at once, as you'll probably become bored hearing about being an alter boy story after story.
Most of the writing here is early Fante stuff. Its great to see where Fante came from. Some of his later shorts are at the end, which is cool becasue you can see his progression.
While worth having, this book is not, what I'd call, essential.
Some decent short stories January 11, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are some decent stories here. Almost all of them end abruptly. John writes of the joy and tragedy of life. His bandini series of novels are better. This book is more of an appetizer.
 Let Us Get To Know More Of The Fante September 7, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Crisp. Subversive. Rebellious. Singular in character....There are many terrific stories here. Stories of abuse, childhood revery, the pangs of despised love, an immigrants song, notions of patricide, old Denver, old LA....I enjoyed the youthful attitude Fante gave me of his Catholic schooling. I loved the heart break of 'A Wife for Dino Rossi', 'The Dreamer,' and the final story 'Helen,...' Did I write I liked the heart break? I was moved by it. There are awe-shucks nuns, brutal fathers, multi-cultural football teams, crazy death rites/funerals, in essence a harshness that never seems to disengage it's realtionship with beauty. I look forward to more Fante.
Reading this book is like drinking wine. July 1, 1999
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The first story goes slow but as you get used to it, you ask for more. Wonderful name for a wonderful book.
The Short Story died when John Fante stopped writing. December 30, 1998
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Bell didn't Jar for Fante. He wrote like a man on fire, a fire of his own creation, a fire that lit up the sky and said 'Here I am! Take me or cover your eyes!' His stories are nearly flawless, all are great, and some are beyond great: they are burned into us and they are art. 'A Wife for Dino Rossi' is Everyman's Long Day's Journey. 'Home Sweet Home' and 'Hail Mary' drive the reader forward like a speeding locomotive - on Fire. Thank you, Black Sparrow Press for allowing us to warm our hearts and our minds. Thank you, Mr. Fante for never cooling; your sparks have lit a thousand flames.
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