| Title | : | The Coast of Chicago |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Stuart Dybek |
| Release | : | 2004-04-03 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Short Stories, Books, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction |
| Size | : | 1237824 |
| The stolid landscape of Chicago turns dreamlike and otherworldly in these “miraculous tales . . . a collection for the ages” (Kirkus). 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. In these and other stories, Stuart Dybek conjures a Chicago “both ordinary and amazing”. 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 (The New York Times). |
