Book details
The Coast of Chicago
Stories
Author: Stuart Dybek
The Coast of Chicago
$11.99
About This Book
Book Details
The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and otherworldly in Stuart Dybek's classic story collection. A child's collection of bottle caps becomes the tombstones of a graveyard. A lowly rightfielder's inexplicable death turns him into a martyr to baseball. Strains of Chopin floating down the tenement airshaft are transformed into a mysterious anthem of loss. Combining homely detail and heartbreakingly familiar voices with grand leaps of imagination, The Coast of Chicago is a masterpiece from one of America's most highly regarded writers.
Imprint Publisher
Picador
ISBN
9781466806375
In The News
“Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects.” —Chicago Sun-Times
“Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious.” —Los Angeles Times
“A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing.” —The New York Times
“Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours.” —The Village Voice
“Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams.” —Chicago Tribune
“Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago” —San Francisco Chronicle
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The Coast of Chicago