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Plot Summary of Wait Until Spring, Bandini

"The story of the Bandini family over a bleak winter. Arturo Bandini later the protagonist in Ask the Dust and The Road to Los Angeles lives with his father, mother and brothers in bleak poverty. Whilst Arturo lies and steals from his mother and generally misbehaves at school he tries to woo the heart of Rosa a beautiful Italian classmate. His father (Svevo Bandini) unable to bricklay during the frozen winter drinks and gambles and finally gets some work with Mrs Hildegarde a wealthy widow. Mrs Hildegarde takes a shine to Svevo and Svevo is only too pleased to oblige and moves in with her leaving his wife Maria in an agony of jealousy and hurt. Arturo tries to pacify his mother by saying his father is staying with a friend but goes to confront his father at Mrs Hildegarde's house. Hard, working class Svevo is swayed by his son and together they march home to reunite the family. Meanwhile Rosa after being pushed over by Arturo during an argument has died of pneumonia. A story of the poverty of Italian immigrants, struggling love and the claustrophobia of small family life.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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John Marcel, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Wait Until Spring, Bandini

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - struggling to earn a living to survive
Inside culture (main char) - Italian
Other aspects: - story of the poor - immigrant story
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school
Parents/lack of parents problem? - Dada gone
Wild kid(s)? - committing crimes
Loving/sexing? - girl chasing
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
United States Yes
The US: - West
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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