The Coast of Chicago

Stuart Dybek

ISBN 10: 0394574494 / ISBN 13: 9780394574493

Published by Knopf, 1990

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0394574494I4N01

Synopsis:

Explores the world of paradox and the borders between the known and the unfamiliar, in a collection of stories

Review: "Has claim to comparison with Anderson' s Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects." --"Chicago Sun-Times"
"Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious." --"Los Angeles Times"
"A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing." --"The New York Times"
"Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He' s one of yours." "The Village Voice"
"Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams." --"Chicago Tribune"
"Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you' ll have found the coast of Chicago" --"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Has claim to comparison with Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects." --"Chicago Sun-Times "
"Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious." --"Los Angeles Times"
"A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing." --"The New York Times"
"Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He’s one of yours." "The Village Voice"
"Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams." --"Chicago Tribune"
"Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you’ll have found the coast of Chicago" --"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects." --"Chicago Sun-Times "
"Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious." --"Los Angeles Times"
"A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing." --"The New York Times"
"Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours." "The Village Voice"
"Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams." --"Chicago Tribune"
"Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago" --"San Francisco Chronicle"

Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects. "Chicago Sun-Times"

Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious. "Los Angeles Times"

A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing. "The New York Times"

Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours. "The Village Voice"

Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams. "Chicago Tribune"

Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago "San Francisco Chronicle""

Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects. Chicago Sun-Times

Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious. Los Angeles Times

A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing. The New York Times

Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours. The Village Voice

Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams. Chicago Tribune

Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago San Francisco Chronicle

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-Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects.- --Chicago Sun-Times

-Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious.- --Los Angeles Times

-A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing.- --The New York Times

-Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours.- --The Village Voice

-Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams.- --Chicago Tribune

-Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago- --San Francisco Chronicle

"Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects." --Chicago Sun-Times

"Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious." --Los Angeles Times

"A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing." --The New York Times

"Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours." --The Village Voice

"Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams." --Chicago Tribune

"Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago" --San Francisco Chronicle

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Coast of Chicago
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket