Ask the Dust
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This article is about the novel. For the film, see Ask the Dust (film).
| Ask the Dust | |
| Author | John Fante |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Publication date | 1939 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-06-082255-4 |
Ask the Dust is a 1939 novel by Italian-American author John Fante set in Depression-Era California. It is part of a series of novels based around the character of Arturo Bandini. A struggling young Italian writer living in Los Angeles, falls for a young, unstable Mexican waitress.The novel has been adapted into the film Ask the Dust.
The book's lead character Arturo Bandini is referenced in 2007 single A Day Another Day by The Strange Death Of Liberal England.
American author Charles Bukowski cites John Fante's work as a significant influence on his own writing, in particular Fante's book 'Ask the Dust.' Bukowski wrote a forward to this novel for the Black Sparrow Press edition.
