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The Coast of Chicago Author: Stuart Dybek

ISBN: 9780312424251 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 173 Published: 3 April 2004 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 21.0 x 14.6 x 1.3 Description: 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. Stuart Dybek is the award-winning author of "I Sailed with Magellan, Childhood and Other Neighborhoods," and "Brass Knuckles," a volume of poetry. A professor of English at Western Michigan University, he lives in Kalamazoo. The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and otherworldly in Stuart Dybek's classic story collection. A lowly right fielder'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. An El train at rush hour becomes a crucible of memory and desire. Combining homely detailed and ...

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