JOHN FANTE’S “THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE GRAPE”.

I FIND HIS IMAGES TO BE INTENSE, WITH AN EXTREMELY RIGOROUS AESTHETIC… THIS “RIGOR” INTRIGUES ME. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FILIPPO VENTURI, AND KNOW IF HIS RIGOR IS A RITUAL, A HABIT, OR A NECESSITY. A NECESSITY TO COVER OR UNCOVER HIS PERSONAL PERSONA. WHAT ARE THE STEPS? WHAT ARE HIS REFERENCES, AND WHERE DO HIS IMAGES COME FROM? SURELY FROM THE PAST. HIS OWN PAST. SO I ASKED HIM FOR THIS PAPER ENCOUNTER TO TRANSFORM HIS VISION INTO NARRATION, A TYPE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL GAME, AND TO THINK ABOUT THE BOOK THAT, CONSCIOUSLY OR NOT, HE CREATED... HIS OH SO WONDERFUL AESTHETIC. THE BOOK VENTURI CHOSE IS:

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