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A review by eryn
Full of Life by John Fante
5.0
By chance, I picked up Fantes [b:1933 Was a Bad Year|572509|1933 Was a Bad Year|John Fante|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1409599455l/572509._SY75_.jpg|1620312] at the beginning of the year. I enjoyed the book very much.
Now I am impressed again how much feeling and life Fante can pack into a short book. Beautiful and deep relationships weave through the whole book. Had to smile a lot because stories of my Italian grandparents or my family in general came to my mind. Interpersonal relationships (be it between adult children and parents, or wife and husband), Italian superstition and traditions, hard work, different generations, 1950s. Fante writes incredibly beautiful, genuine and gripping!
If you haven't read Fante, you're missing something.
Now I am impressed again how much feeling and life Fante can pack into a short book. Beautiful and deep relationships weave through the whole book. Had to smile a lot because stories of my Italian grandparents or my family in general came to my mind. Interpersonal relationships (be it between adult children and parents, or wife and husband), Italian superstition and traditions, hard work, different generations, 1950s. Fante writes incredibly beautiful, genuine and gripping!
If you haven't read Fante, you're missing something.