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The Coast of Chicago
The Coast of Chicago
Author: Stuart Dybek
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...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312424251
ISBN-10: 0312424256
Publication Date: 4/3/2004
Pages: 192
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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An excellent short story collection, full of elegant prose. Read it, and find yourself glimpsing Chicago as well.
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Stuart Dybek really knows how to write short stories...
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This is a book of short stories surrounding the history of Chicago. Some of the stories were not that well written, however not being from Chicago, maybe I didn't understand the significance of the story.


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