Wait Until Spring, Bandini
1938 novel by John Fante
| Author | John Fante |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Bandini Quartet |
| Genre | Roman à clef |
| Publisher | Stackpole Books |
Publication date | 1938 (1938) |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Followed by | The Road to Los Angeles |
Wait Until Spring, Bandini is a novel by American author John Fante. Released in 1938, it was his first published novel. The book is set in a small-town in Colorado and tells the story of the Bandini family during a winter in the Great Depression. It is the first book in the Bandini Quartet, a semi-autobiographical series of books about Arturo Bandini, the son of Italian immigrants to the United States.[1][2] The novel was adapted into a 1989 film of the same name starring Joe Mantegna as Svevo Bandini, Ornella Muti as Maria Bandini, and Faye Dunaway as Mrs. Hildegarde.
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John Fante
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini
- The Road to Los Angeles
- Ask the Dust
- Dreams from Bunker Hill
- It's All True (unfinished, 1942)
- Youth Runs Wild (1944)
- My Man and I (1952)
- Jeanne Eagels (1957)
- Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
- The Reluctant Saint (1962)
- Maya (1966)
- Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
- Full of Life (1956)
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989)
- Ask the Dust (2006)
- My Dog Stupid (2019)
- Joyce Fante (wife)
- Dan Fante (son)
