The Coast of Chicago

The Coast of Chicago - Paperback

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The Coast of Chicago - Paperback

The Coast of Chicago - Paperback

by Stuart Dybek
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by Stuart Dybek (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Stuart Dybek is the award-winning author of Childhood and Other Neighborhoods, I Sailed with Magellan, and Brass Knuckles, a volume of poetry. A professor of English at Western Michigan University, he lives in Kalamazoo.

Number of Pages: 173
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: April 03, 2004
ISBN9780312424251
Author Stuart Dybek
PublisherPicador USA
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2004
LanguageENG- English
Pages173
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults and Adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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