Dreams from Bunker Hill

About this book

The Final Book in the Saga of Arturo Bandini Dreams of Bunker Hill is the fourth and final novel in John Fante's Arturo Bandini series, chronicling the protagonist's struggles as a young writer in Depression-era Los Angeles. The story opens with Bandini living in a cheap room on Bunker Hill, working to establish his literary career. He lands a job as a busboy, but his ambitions are focused on writing. As Bandini experiences both minor successes and significant failures, he continues to grapple with his identity as an artist and his place in the world. The novel follows this trajectory of aspiration and struggle, documenting his attempts to find success while contending with his own self-destructive tendencies.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780876855287

Publisher

Ecco Press

Published

August 17, 2002

Pages

152

Weight

7.4 oz

Subject

Fiction