Full name: The Coast of Chicago: Stories

Author: Stuart Dybek Year: 1990 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780312424251 0312424256

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. Similar books: Paper Lantern by Stuart Dybek I Sailed with Magellan by Stuart Dybek Painted Cities by Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski The Whole Story and Other Stories by Ali Smith The Watch by Rick Bass Don't Cry by Mary Gaitskill Because They Wanted to by Mary Gaitskill Short Cuts by Raymond Carver A Stranger in This World by Kevin Canty Some Trick by Helen DeWitt The Whore's Child by Richard Russo Like You'd Understand, Anyway by Jim Shepard Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser The Pacific and Other Stories by Mark Helprin Assorted Fire Events by David Means Tooth and Claw by T. Coraghessan Boyle The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie Birds of America by Lorrie Moore Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez