{"product_id":"the-wine-of-youth","title":"The Wine of Youth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of the legendary \u003cem\u003eDago Red\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1940, contains seven new stories, including \"A Nun No More\" and \"My Father's God.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A group of sketches, rather than short stories, by the author of \u003cem\u003eWait Until Spring, Bandini\u003c\/em\u003e. Fante to me captures the lusty, violent, warmhearted, passionate spirit of his Italian-American compatriots far better than any writer. There's none of the turgidity, the sensationalism, the \"instinctual grunts\" of di Donato. Here is one family, almost certainly Fante's -- the arrogant, swaggering male father; the worn gentle mother who cries about everything concerning God and her children; and the boys, good-bad roughnecks at the parochial school, at communion, at home. And underneath it all one senses Fante's deep affection, which includes a certain humorous tolerance, for these simple, fervent, hot-tempered people.\" -Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943375503591,"sku":"9780876855829","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_bf3fc389-5e48-4acd-838f-92551f41f698.jpg?v=1775320856","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-wine-of-youth","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}