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Fante. Un Legado De Escritura, Alcohol Y Supervivencia. (2012)

by Dan Fante(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Sajalín editores

review 1: Dan Fante is the son of a famous author, John Fante, who wrote about his father and his own tough life. In this book Dan Fante follows this same approach, writing about John Fante and Dan Fante's own tough life. This is a family of alcoholics, and there is little in their lives that is inspirational. Dan Fante describes himself as a serious screwball, destroying himself and those around him with alcohol and nearly killing himself several times. Nonetheless, he had some talents. He learned to sell at a young age and this skill helped him get money to sustain his miserable lifestyle. He eventually discovered that he could write, and now he has published a series of books. I won't read another.
review 2: Utterly fantastic. So much of what passes as writing -- no m... moreatter the genre -- these days is contrived, commercially considered, wrought by marketing and easy handles and where it's to be shelved. This is not one of those books.Yes -- there is the built-in intrigue about the Fante family, and readers hungry for details won't be disappointed. But this beautiful book has what too many books lack: a furious, pounding, flawed, and desperate human heart. If every you've felt like a maniac in your own mind, if ever you've felt beaten and alone -- there are things to be learned from this book. And while a clear, and capable rendering of Dan's father, mother, family, and his own fascinating life -- the true strength of this book is in it's abject refusal to quit...the unconquerable spirit, the drive to find your way back to love -- no matter the cost. There is nothing sappy, or melodramatic here -- just a man dragging every bloody demon up into scorching sunlight to share who he is and what's he's survived. It won't be an easy read -- but it will be one you won't soon forget. less

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