The Coast of Chicago: Stories
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ISBN: 0312424256 / Publisher: Picador, April 2004
Explores the world of paradox and the borders between the known and the unfamiliar, in a collection of stories.
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<p>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, <i>The Coast of Chicago</i> is a masterpiece from one of America's most highly regarded writers.</p>
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